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State takeovers of schools are about political power, not school improvement

  • Written by Domingo Morel, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University Newark
State takeovers of schools are about political power, not school improvementPolitical motives help explain why states take over schools.Lightspring/www.shutterstock.com

When states take over local school districts – like they’ve done or are trying to do in Kentucky, Georgia and Mississippi – school improvement is typically the stated objective.

Although the research on the effects of state takeovers on acad...

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