Consequences of Governance Fragmentation - Milwaukee''s School Voucher Legacy

The Consequences of Governance Fragmentation explains the ongoing legacy of Milwaukee's longstanding school voucher policy. The book details the evolution of school choice in Milwaukee, its impacts on student achievement, key externalities such as school closures and political conflict, and the ways in which the Milwaukee voucher program challenges traditional notions of accountability and democratic control. Michael R. Ford concludes that the voucher policy has fragmented public education to the point where true aggregate level progress of pupils is impossible and proposes an umbrella governance structure to bring funding and accountability equity to all publicly funded Milwaukee schools.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The Evolution of Milwaukee School Choice Policy: From Bold Experiment to Status Quo

Chapter 2: The Path to Fragmentation: How Voucher Policy Changed other Parts of Milwaukee's Education Landscape

Chapter 3: School Failure in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program

Chapter 4: Milwaukee Voucher School Leaders' Views on Accountability: What Are They, and Why do They Matter?

Chapter 5: The Long-term Impact of Vouchers on MPS Finances and Enrollment

Chapter 6: The MPCP and Student Achievement: What We Have Studied, and What We Need to Study

Chapter 7: The Politics of School Vouchers in Milwaukee

Chapter 8: A Parallel or Complementary School System?

Chapter 9: Moving Milwaukee Forward: A Meta-Governance Solution

Chapter 10: Lessons from the Milwaukee Voucher Experience

About the author

Michael R. Ford is assistant professor of Public Administration at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.

Summary

This book details the unintended financial and performance consequences of governance fragmentation resulting from Milwaukee’s private school voucher policy. It examines this policy through the lens of public administration, presenting a framework on how to reassert democratic accountability in complex public-private governance networks.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Ford, Michael J. Ford, Michael R Ford, Michael R. Ford
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781498546003
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-4600-3
• No. of pages: 198
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Education, MATHEMATICS / Game Theory, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State, Public Administration, United States of America, USA, Educational strategies & policy, Decision theory: general, Educational strategies and policy, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government