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Can Charter Schools Boost Civic Participation? The Impact of Democracy Prep Public Schools on Voting Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2020

BRIAN GILL Open the ORCID record for BRIAN GILL [Opens in a new window] ,
EMILYN RUBLE WHITESELL Open the ORCID record for EMILYN RUBLE WHITESELL [Opens in a new window] ,
SEAN P. CORCORAN Open the ORCID record for SEAN P. CORCORAN [Opens in a new window] ,
CHARLES TILLEY ,
MARIEL FINUCANE  and
LIZ POTAMITES
BRIAN GILL*
Affiliation:
Mathematica
EMILYN RUBLE WHITESELL*
Affiliation:
Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation
SEAN P. CORCORAN*
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University
CHARLES TILLEY*
Affiliation:
Mathematica
MARIEL FINUCANE*
Affiliation:
Mathematica
LIZ POTAMITES*
Affiliation:
Mathematica
*
Brian Gill, Senior Fellow, Director of REL Mid-Atlantic, Mathematica, bgill@mathematica-mpr.com.
Emilyn Ruble Whitesell, Director of Learning and Evaluation, Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation, whitesell@rmff.org.
Sean P. Corcoran, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education, Department of Leadership, Policy, and Organizations, Vanderbilt University, Peabody College, sean.corcoran@vanderbilt.edu.
Charles Tilley, Lead Data Analytics Developer, Mathematica, ctilley@mathematica-mpr.com.
Mariel Finucane, Senior Statistician, Mathematica, mfinucane@mathematica-mpr.com.
Liz Potamites, Systems Analyst, Mathematica, lpotamites@mathematica-mpr.com.
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American Political Science Review , Volume 114 , Issue 4 , November 2020 , pp. 1386 - 1392
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We thank Seth Andrew, Democracy Prep’s founder, for his willingness to start a conversation about studying Democracy Prep’s impact on registration for voting. During the course of the study, we were grateful to have the assistance of Katie Duffy, Benjamin Feit, Carlos Mojica, and Miguel Rivera Rios at Democracy Prep. John Deke and Christina Tuttle carefully reviewed the work and led us to improve it, and we received helpful suggestions from Shira Mitchell and Andrew Gelman. This study was funded by a U.S. Department of Education Charter Schools Program Grant for Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools awarded to Democracy Prep Public Schools in 2016.

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