Abstract
This article clarifies the governance reform of public education in New Orleans from the 1990s and the idea of what educational administration ought to be in market-based school governance. First, this article shows that the purpose of governance reform of education in New Orleans is to secure the quality and the achievement of education, and that the new governance of education is composed of the following three systems: the state educational accountability system, charter schools, and the board of education. Second, this article examines New Orleans’ educational network model and the present structure of charter school governance. It is suggested that the role of school districts is diminished just to assure educational accountability and to monitor the performance of charter schools, while promoting decentralization of educational administration and diversification of education providers. Third, this article examines the present educational administration and suggests the portfolio management model as a theoretical basis of the new governance of education, which seeks to solve educational problems through market theory. In conclusion, it is suggested that the governance reform of education in New Orleans weakened local control of education while justifying performance management of education, which promotes competition among schools and privatization of public education.
