Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2009
Capstone Advisor
S.N. Sangmpam
Honors Reader
Thomas Boudreau
Capstone Major
Political Science
Capstone College
Citizenship and Public Affairs
Audio/Visual Component
no
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Social Sciences
Subject Categories
American Politics | Other Political Science | Political Science
Abstract
Paterson, New Jersey Public school system has continued to produce low-graduation rates, high drop-out rates, and low test scores despite being taken over by the state of New Jersey. In this qualitative paper, I see to place the blame for Paterson’s failing schools not on the teachers, parents and students—which other scholars have done—but on the politicians (namely the Board of Education) for their failures in leadership, being inept, and all out corruption. I propose solid solutions to the problem of Paterson failing schools. This study builds off of the scholarship of Lydia Segal, who worte Battling Corruption in America’s Public school, and placing it in the context of Paterson, New Jersey, where there is evident of high political corruption in education.
Recommended Citation
Eatman, Curtis Martell, "The Effect of the Political Process on Education: Political Corruption and Education in Paterson, New Jersey" (2009). Honors Capstone Projects - All. 498.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/498
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