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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
Political 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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