Do Not Count Them Out Just Yet: Assessing the Impact of Religious Conservatives on Charter School Regulations

    Authors

    A. Vieux

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Soc. Sci. Q.

    Keywords

    UNITED-STATES; EDUCATION; POLICY; DYNAMICS; POLITICS; LAWS; Political Science; Sociology

    Abstract

    ObjectivePast research has omitted religious explanations from analyses of charter school adoption and regulation. The following analyses suggest that religion is more of a factor in state charter school regulations than previously thought. MethodsOrdinal logistic regression is utilized to test the influence of religious conservatives on state charter school regulations. ResultsThe findings support the assertion that religious interestsparticularly evangelicalsare influential in state charter school regulation. ConclusionConsistent with Deckman (), it is suggested that religious factors should not be overlooked when analyzing education policy.

    Journal Title

    Social Science Quarterly

    Volume

    95

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    411

    Last Page

    424

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000335662800008

    ISSN

    0038-4941

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