First off, it appears that the success of a school based on standardized tests plays a role in voter turnout for new school choice policy. “weak student performance on state tests is a consistent and modestly strong predictor of voter support for charter schools across school districts” (Corcoran and Stoddard). In addition to this idea, it has been concluded that the quality of public schools within a state plays a role in whether school choice policy is passed and implemented into a state. The lower the quality of public schools will increase support of school choice policy, while higher quality of public schools will decrease support of school choice policy. Next, the composition of race within the state and school district appear to play a role in whether school choice policy is introduced and passed. Brunner, Imazeki, and Ross discover that white families are more likely to support school voucher systems when their children are attending schools with higher non-white students and when there are large portions of students who English is not their first language. This research explains that the minority population within a state and specifically a school district matters for whether school choice policy will be implemented in a state. Third, teacher unions play a significant role in education reform including school choice policy. Hartney and Flavin conclude through their research that teacher unions are actually influential enough in campaigns and policies that they are able to fend off policy that they oppose. This study confirms my hypothesis that teacher unions play a role within school choice policy. Fourth, there has been quite a bit of research done on this idea of political culture in addition to other elements including interest
First off, it appears that the success of a school based on standardized tests plays a role in voter turnout for new school choice policy. “weak student performance on state tests is a consistent and modestly strong predictor of voter support for charter schools across school districts” (Corcoran and Stoddard). In addition to this idea, it has been concluded that the quality of public schools within a state plays a role in whether school choice policy is passed and implemented into a state. The lower the quality of public schools will increase support of school choice policy, while higher quality of public schools will decrease support of school choice policy. Next, the composition of race within the state and school district appear to play a role in whether school choice policy is introduced and passed. Brunner, Imazeki, and Ross discover that white families are more likely to support school voucher systems when their children are attending schools with higher non-white students and when there are large portions of students who English is not their first language. This research explains that the minority population within a state and specifically a school district matters for whether school choice policy will be implemented in a state. Third, teacher unions play a significant role in education reform including school choice policy. Hartney and Flavin conclude through their research that teacher unions are actually influential enough in campaigns and policies that they are able to fend off policy that they oppose. This study confirms my hypothesis that teacher unions play a role within school choice policy. Fourth, there has been quite a bit of research done on this idea of political culture in addition to other elements including interest