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Business Partners in School Reform
Constituencies
The constituencies identified by business advocates for educational reform vary throughout the country. Following is a sample of constituencies identified by the Columbia Group, a large advocacy network comprised of nine nonprofit organizations throughout the Southeast. The number of times the nine organizations within the Columbia Group identified each constituency is provided as an indication of which constituencies are most emphasized.
- Policymakers (9)
- Educators (including education officials) (9)
- Business leaders (9)
- The general public (7)
- Civic leaders (7)
- The media (5)
- Parents (2)
SOURCE: Kronley (2000)
Corporate Agents of School Reform
The following types of organizations and individuals from the business community are involved in school reform:
- Individual firms
- Professional organizations
- Large independent foundations
- Elite corporate heads
- Midlevel executives
- Small business owners
- Corporate employees, hourly wage earners working in ongoing reform programs
- Corporate leaders as educational decision-makers (for example, school board members, elected or appointed officials in federal bureaucracy)
SOURCE: Adapted from Mickelson (1999)
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