Arming Public Schools: The Effect of Superintendents’ Political and Social Characteristics

• In Event: Education and Politics in the States

Brief Overview

This study tests the explanatory power of three public administration theories—political control, representative bureaucracy, and organizational socialization—in understanding the adoption of the Guardian Program by Florida’s school superintendents.

Authors

• Ariel Teresa Powell, Florida International University

• William T. Jackson, American University

• Milena I. Neshkova, Florida International University