Public-Private Partnership Between Charter Schools and Charter Management Organizations

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K14142
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 09020:Sociology of education-related
• Research Institution: Takada Junior College
• Principal Investigator: Horai Takaaki 高田短期大学, 子ども学科, 准教授 (80638114)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: チャータースクール / CMOs / 教育の民営化 / キャリア教育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between charter schools in California and Charter Management Organizations (CMOs). Since this trend is akin to privatization of education, this study discusses the impact of privatizing education by considering the charter school network.
The following are the findings from this study. 1) With the relations with CMOs, Charter schools develop better vocational and career educational plans (keeping discipline, aim for college, and computer-assisted instructions) and promote professional skills by providing them rich resources.2) In order to develop higher educational services, each charter school had a huge network with not only CMOs, but also outside organizations or parent organizations for vocational and career education.3) However, there exist hierarchical relations or power structures between charter schools and CMOs that influence decision-making, personnel management, and school operations in their entirety.

Free Research Field

教育社会学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究における意義は、アメリカにおいて新しい公立学校教育の形として期待され、拡大してきたチャータースクールについて、「非営利組織との連携」という文脈から検討しているところである。数値化された成果だけでなく、連携の諸相も分析の対象と位置付けることで、連携の意義だけでなく、連携の課題や政策意図とは異なる実践となってしまうことなど、従来のチャータスクール研究では異なる側面が明らかになった。
これらは、公設民営を進める日本の学校教育への示唆も多分に含むものであり、公の性質を帯びる学校教育と私的性質が高い民間企業等との関係性を議論する上で、学術的・社会的意義があると考えられる。