Do For-Profit Managers Spend Less on Schools and Instruction? A National Analysis of Charter School Staffing Expenditures

Autor/inn/en	Weber, Mark; Baker, Bruce
Titel	Do For-Profit Managers Spend Less on Schools and Instruction? A National Analysis of Charter School Staffing Expenditures
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 32 (2018) 6, S.855-902 (48 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904816681525
Schlagwörter	Costs; Expenditures; Charter Schools; School Personnel; Salaries; Expenditure per Student; School Districts; Proprietary Schools; Nonprofit Organizations; Educational Finance; Public Schools; Arizona; Michigan; Colorado; District of Columbia; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Missouri; Nevada; Ohio; Pennsylvania; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cost; Kosten; Ausgaben; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Schulpersonal; Entlohnung; Gehalt; School district; Schulbezirk; Nonprofit-Organisation; Bildungsfonds; Public school; Öffentliche Schule
Abstract	This article takes advantage of a recently released national data set on school site expenditures to evaluate spending variations between traditional district operated schools and charter schools operated by for-profit versus nonprofit management firms. Prior research has revealed the revenue-enhancement, private fund-raising capacity of major nonprofit providers. For-profit providers may face greater pressure to reduce operating expenses. As such, we hypothesize that regardless of average differences in staffing expenses between district and charter schools, school site staffing expenditures are likely to be lower in for-profit than in nonprofit managed charter schools. Furthermore, school site instructional staffing expenditures may be lower yet. Applying national, then state-level models to compare spending for schools of similar size, serving similar grade ranges and students with similar attributes (income status, special education, and language proficiency status), we find these assumptions largely to be true. Specifically, on average across all settings (global model) we find that charters spend less per pupil on instructional salaries compared with districts; furthermore, for-profit charters spend less than nonprofits. Furthermore, for-profit charters spend statistically significantly less (p < 0.05) on instructional salaries, compared with district schools in many states. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01