How Media Coverage of Charter Schools Changed in the Past Decade

In this analysis, we compare the tone of press coverage of charter schooling in 2005 with that in 2015. Charter coverage became more opinionated and more negative between 2005 and 2015. In 2005, 73 percent of articles were neutral and 12 percent were negative, whereas by 2015, 53 percent were neutra...

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Published in:Policy File 2016
Main Authors: Hess, Frederick M, Hamilton, Kelsey, Hatfield, Jenn
Format: Report
Language:English
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American Enterprise Institute
Education
Media coverage
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Summary:In this analysis, we compare the tone of press coverage of charter schooling in 2005 with that in 2015. Charter coverage became more opinionated and more negative between 2005 and 2015. In 2005, 73 percent of articles were neutral and 12 percent were negative, whereas by 2015, 53 percent were neutral, and 28 percent were negative. This occurred despite public opinion of charter schools becoming dramatically more positive during that time. Opinion pieces made up a much larger share of charter school coverage in 2015 than in 2005. In addition, race became much more prominent in charter school coverage over time, with the share of articles that mentioned race rising from 7 percent in 2005 to 16 percent in 2015.