Corporate Influence on Educational Policy in California
Not much research has looked at the impact of corporate involvement in educational policy and it affects on the ethnically and economically diverse population of California. This research tracts the California Roundtable since its beginning in 1978 to examine corporate educational policy for K-12 education in California and to determine the extent to which the corporate sector has influenced major educational reform in California. More specifically, the overlap between policies that the corporate community has proposed (corporate policy) and the reforms that have occurred within the past tow decades is discussed. I also discuss several important factors that have allowed the corporate community to influence reform such as their financial freedom and strong personal ties with political groups. Finally, I discuss how corporate educational policy reflects the interest of the corporate sector and in most cases, does not propose or support policies that specifically address the needs and necessities of the children who are most in need. The results and conclusions for this research were reached by conducting a document analysis of different books, journals articles, and government documents and reports.
School:
University of California at Irvine
Department:
Psychology & Social Behavior
Research Advisor:
James Anderson
Department of Research Advisor:
Educational Policy Studies
Year of Publication:
2003