Teachers in Charter and Traditional Schools

Authors

  • Sally Bomotti Colorado State University
  • Rick Ginsberg Colorado State University
  • Brian Cobb Colorado State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v7n22.1999

Keywords:

Charter Schools, Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Empowerment, Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Surveys, Teaching Conditions

Abstract

Teachers from charter and traditional schools in Colorado were queried about their perceptions of their level of empowerment, school climate, and working conditions. Using a cluster sampling design, approximately 100 teachers from 16 charter schools and 100 teachers from seven traditional schools were surveyed by combining several well-established instruments to measure empowerment, school climate, and working conditions. Factor analyses yielded three composite variables each for the three constructs. One-way analyses of variance were used to explore these teachers' differences in perceptions. Results yielded consistent and practically significant differences in these charter and traditional school perceptions of empowerment, school climate, and working conditions. Not all of these differences, however, were consistent with expectations given the educational and legislative contexts driving Colorado's charter school movement. Implications and recommendations for future research are given.

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Author Biographies

Sally Bomotti, Colorado State University

Sally Bomotti, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Colorado State University. She also works as a research associate at the Research and Development Center for the Advancement of Student Learning, a university-school research collaborative based in Fort Collins. Her recent research has focused on charter schools and school choice.

Brian Cobb, Colorado State University

Brian Cobb is a Professor in the School of Education at Colorado State University and Co-Director of the Research and Development Center for the Advancement of Student Learning, a community research collaborative in Ft. Collins, Colorado. His research interests presently focus on a variety of educational reform topics including charter schools, high stakes testing, and block scheduling.

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Published

1999-07-22

How to Cite

Bomotti, S., Ginsberg, R., & Cobb, B. (1999). Teachers in Charter and Traditional Schools. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 7, 22. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v7n22.1999

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