Representation of Women on American School Boards
Abstract
Despite the vast amount research on women in politics, little research has been devoted to examining the representation of women on school boards. This study provides information concerning the environmental factors that may help or hinder women from holding a school board seat. Survey data collected from 411 large U.S. school districts was merged with demographic data from the National Center for Education Statistics. The findings in this study are consistent with the previous literature examining women on city councils. Women are more likely to serve on school boards in cities that have a higher percentage of college educated females, in large cities, and in school districts were the length of the term is longer. Other political and demographic variables were not significant predictors of the election of women to large school boards.
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