Robert Anthony Maranto
Department of Political Science
Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085
610-519-7142 (Fax: 7487) or 610-299-3683 (cell); robert.maranto@villanova.edu
Positions Held
Villanova University: Associate Prof., August 2005-; Assistant Prof., August 2000.
University of Virginia: Visiting Scholar, June 1999-August 2000.
Federal Executive Institute: Senior Faculty, July 1996-August 1999.
Lafayette College: Assistant Professor, 1993-1996.
Brookings Institution: Guest Scholar, 1993.
University of Pennsylvania: Visiting Professor, 1993.
James Madison University: Assistant Professor, 1988-92.
University of Southern Mississippi: Assistant Professor, 1984-86.
Education
University of Maryland: B.S. in Government, General Honors Program Citation, 1980.
University of Minnesota: Ph.D., 1989.
Primary Teaching and Research Interests
Education Policy, Public Administration, Public Personnel Policy.
Villanova University (2000-) American Government, Public Policy (undergraduate and graduate), Public Personnel Management (graduate), Public Administration, Education Reform, Political Fiction.
University of Virginia (fall 1999) Public Administration.
Federal Executive Institute (1996-99) Political Leadership, Leadership Development Teams.
Lafayette College (1993-96) American Government, Public Administration, Congress, Public Policy, Parties and Elections, Political Fiction, Senior Honors Thesis.
Penn (1992): American Government, Public Policy Seminar, Senior Thesis.
Bryn Mawr College (1992) American Government.
James Madison University (1988-92) American Government, Research Methods, Political Analysis, Political Behavior, Vietnam War, Senior Thesis.
University of Minnesota (1987) Judicial Process, American Bureaucracy.
University of Southern Mississippi (1984-86) Organization Theory, Congress, Presidency, Public Budgeting, Foreign Policy of the U.S. and USSR, Public Policy, Introduction to Public Administration, Advanced seminar in Public Administration, Judicial Process, Vietnam War, Political Fiction.
Administrative Experience and Institutional Affiliations
Conference Director: The Second Term of George W. Bush---Prospects and Perils, held on January 22, 2005 at Villanova and broadcast live on CSPAN-2. This brought 14 scholars from around the nation to discuss the Bush second term.
Public Administration Program Chair for the Midwest Political Science Association (2004).
Goldwater Institute: Associate Scholar 2000-
Commonwealth Foundation: Associate Scholar 2002-
Leadership for Educational Entrepreneurs Program (LEEP) associate at Arizona State University, August 2002-
Editor (11/2002-9/2003): National Charter School Clearinghouse Review, on-line journal at http://www.nationalcharterschoolclearinghouse.net/NCSCReview/EditionOne.pdf. I also helped manage the NCSC annual convention at Villanova, July 31-August 2. This brought over 180 charter school operators and others to campus.
Federal Executive Institute Program Coordination: Co-Coordinated FEI Programs 229
(February 1997), 230 (April 1997), 238 (February 1998), 245 (March 1999), and 248 (May 1999). Each was a one-month residential program for 70 federal executives. Coordination involved scheduling, introducing, and assisting over 25 plenary speakers and workshop leaders, and working with a staff of 30 to serve the daily needs of the executives.
Federal Executive Institute Managing Diversity Team: (1997-99).
Publications
Books:
Kayes, Myron and Robert Maranto eds. (2006). A Guide to Charter Schools: Research and Practical Advise for Educators. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Education.
Maranto, Robert, Douglas M. Brattebo, and Tom Lansford, eds. (2006). The Second Term of George W. Bush: Prospects and Perils. New York: Macmillan/Palgrave.
Maranto, R. (2005). Beyond a Government of Strangers: How Career Executives and Political Appointees Can Turn Conflict to Cooperation. Lanham: Lexington.
Condrey, S. & R. Maranto, eds. (2001). Radical Reform of the Civil Service. Lanham: Lexington.
Maranto, R., S. R. Milliman, F. Hess & A.W. Gresham, eds. (1999, 2001). School Choice in the Real World: Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools. Boulder: Westview.
Maranto, R. (1993). Politics and Bureaucracy in the Modern Presidency: Appointees
and Careerists in the Reagan Administration. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Maranto, R., & Schultz, D. (1991). A Short History of the U.S. Civil Service. Lanham, MD: University Press of America; second ed. published as Schultz, D., & R.A. Maranto (1998) The Politics of Civil Service Reform. New York: Peter Lang.
Books in Progress
Maranto, R., R. Redding, and F. Hess eds. Reforming the Politically Correct University (working title). Washington: AEI Press (proposed publication 2008).
Maranto, R, T. Lansford, and J. Johnson eds. Judging Bush (proposed publication 2009), under review.
Maranto, R. & Maranto, A. From Markets to Clans: New Education Providers for a New Century (working title, planned completion 2008 for publication in 2009).
Carroll, B., Lind, Nancy, & Maranto, R. eds. The U.S. Constitution for Government Executives (working title, no proposed publication date).
Maranto, R. Praising Arizona: how school choice makes public education public (working title, no proposed publication date).
Maranto, R. and Jeremy Johnson. (2006). “Bringing Back Boss Tweed: Could at-Will Employment Work in State and Local Government, and If So, Where?” pp. 77-100 in Bowman, J.S. and West, J.P., eds. American Public Service: Radical Reform and the Merit System. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis Group. This will also be published in the International Journal of Public Administration.
Maranto, R. (2005). “A Tale of Two Cities: School Privatization in Philadelphia and Chester,” American Journal of Education. 111: 2 (February) 151-90.
Maranto, R. (2004). “Bureaus in Motion: Civil Servants Compare the Clinton, G.H.W. Bush, and Reagan Presidential Transitions,” White House Studies. 4: 4 (winter), 435-51.
Maranto, R. (2004). “Pride and Perspective: A Case for Constitutional Literacy in the Public Service,” The Public Manager 33: 3; 36-40.
Ferraiolo, K., F. Hess, R. Maranto & S. Milliman. (2004). “Teachers' Attitudes and the Success of School Choice," Policy Studies Journal 32 (2, May): 209-224.
Maranto, R. & Hult, K.M. (2004). "Right Turn? Political Ideology in the Higher Civil Service," American Review of Public Administration 34: 2 (June), 199-222.
Milliman, S., R. Maranto and A. Gresham. (2004). “Does School Choice Segregate or Integrate Public Schools? Arizona Charter Schools as a Test Case,” Journal of Public Management and Social Policy. 8 (2): 1-22.
Maranto, R., & Skelley, B.D. (2003). "Anticipating Change in the Higher Civil Service: Affective Commitment, Organizational Ideology, and Political Ideology," Public Administration Quarterly. 27: 4 (fall), 336-367.
F. Hess, R. Maranto, S. Milliman, and K. Grammatico-Ferraiolo. (2002). “In the storm's eye: How race, experience, and exposure shape Arizona teachers' attitudes toward school choice,” Teachers College Record, 104(8): 1568-1590.
Gresham, A. and R. Maranto. (2002). “Would You Vote for Colin Powell? White Support for a not quite colorless Black Candidate,” Commonwealth. 11: 53-70.
Maranto, R. (2002). “Praising Civil Service But Not Bureaucracy: A Brief Against Tenure in the U.S. Civil Service,” Review of Public Personnel Administration 22: 3 (fall) 175-92. A shorter and more applied version of this paper was published, with permission from both the Heritage Foundation and ROPPA, as “Why the President Should Ignore Calls to Reduce the Number of Political Appointees,” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #1413 (February 27, 2001), accessible at www.heritage.org.
Maranto, R. (2002). "’Government Service is a Noble Calling’: President Bush and the U.S. Civil Service," pp. 97-108 In Leslie D. Feldman and Rosanna Perotti ed. Honor and Loyalty: Inside the Politics of the George H.W. Bush Presidency. Westport: Greenwood.
Hess, F., R. Maranto & S. Milliman. (2001). “Coping with competition: The impact of charter schooling on public school outreach in Arizona,” Policy Studies Journal, 29(3): 388-404.
Hess, F., R. Maranto & S. Milliman. (2001). “Small Districts in Big Trouble: How Four Arizona School Districts Coped With Charter Competition,” Teachers College Record. 103: 6 (December) 1102-24.
Hess, F., R. Maranto, & S. Milliman. (2001). “Responding to Competition: School Leaders and School Culture,” pp. 215-38 in Paul E. Peterson and David E. Campbell ed. Charter Schools, Vouchers & Public Education. Washington: Brookings Institution.
Hess, F., Maranto, R., & Milliman, S. (2000). “Resistance in the Trenches: What Shapes Teachers’ Attitudes Towards School Choice?” Educational Policy. 14: 2 (May), 195-213.
Maranto, R., Milliman, S. & Stevens, S. (2000). “Does Private School Competition Harm Public Schools?,” Political Research Quarterly 53: 1 (March), 177-92.
Brewer, G.A. & Maranto, R. (2000). "Comparing the Roles of Political Appointees and Career Executives in the U.S. Federal Executive Branch,” American Review of Public Administration 30: 1 (March), 69-86.
Gest, R. & Maranto, R. (2000). “Gaining Practical Insights from Experience: Reflections on Cases of Racial Discrimination in Federal Service.” Review of Public Personnel Administration. 20: 1 (Winter) 55-67.
Maranto, R., and van Raemdonck, D. (1999). "A Test of Downs’ Blackmail Parties Thesis: The New York Conservatives and Liberals, 1956-1980," Southeastern Political Review 27: 2, 303-322.
Maranto, R., & Gresham, A.W. (1998). "Using World Series Shares to Fight Free-Riding in Group Projects," PS: Political Science and Politics, 30:4 (December), 789-91.
Maranto, R. (1998). "Rethinking the Unthinkable: Reply to Durant, Goodsell, Knott,
and Murray on “A Case For Spoils in Federal Personnel Management," Administration and Society 30: 1, 3-12; reprinted in Condrey, S. & R. Maranto, eds. Radical Reform of the Civil Service.
Maranto, R. (1998). "Thinking the Unthinkable in Public Administration: A Case For
Spoils in the Federal Bureaucracy," Administration and Society 29: 6, 623-42; reprinted in Condrey, S. & R. Maranto, eds. Radical Reform of the Civil Service.
Maranto, R. (1997). “Doctoral Prelims as Pluralistic Peril,” Public Voices, 3: 2, 27-32.
Gitz, B. & Maranto, R. (1996). "Underclass Rationality and the Street Gang as Alternative Regime," Low Intensity Conflict and Law Enforcement, 5:1, 87-98.
Maranto, R. (1993). "Still Clashing After All These Years: Ideological Conflict in the Reagan Executive," American Journal of Political Science, 37:3, 681-698.
Maranto, R. (1993). "The Administrative Strategies of Republican Presidents From Eisenhower to Reagan,” Presidential Studies Quarterly, 23:4, 683-697.
Maranto, R., & B.D. Skelley (1992). "Neutrality: An Enduring Concept of the U.S. Civil Service," American Review of Public Administration, 22:3, 173-187.
Maranto, R., & Tuchman, P. (1992). "Knowing the Rational Peasant: The Creation of Rival Incentive Structures in Vietnam," Journal of Peace Research, 29:3, 249-264.
Maranto, R. (1991). "Does Familiarity Breed Acceptance? Trends in Career-Noncareer Relations in the Reagan Administration," Administration and Society, 23:2, 247-266.
Maranto, R. (1989). "Improving Undergraduate Writing," Political Science Teacher, 2:3, 16-17.
Maranto, R. (1988). "Better to Fight Another Day: A Pre-Theory of Insurgent
Coalitions" Journal of Peace Research, 25:3, 280-292.
Maranto, R. (1986). "The Rational Terrorist: Toward a New Theory of Terrorism" Journal of Political Science, 14:1-2, 16-24, Reprinted in M. Slann & B. Schechterman (1987) Eds., Multidimensional Terrorism. Boulder: Lynne Rienner.
Papers Under Review at Refereed Journals
Hult, K.M. & R. Maranto. “Does Where You Stand Depend on Where You Sit?---Comparing Individual and Organization Level Determinants of Attitudes in the Higher Civil Service," under revise and resubmit at Administration and Society.
Hess, F., Maranto, R., & Milliman, S. “Can Markets Set Bureaucrats Free? The Effects of School Choice on Teacher Empowerment in Public Schools,” under revise and resubmit at Social Science Quarterly.
Maranto, R. & S.R. Milliman, “Politics, Markets, or Both? Comprehensive School Choice and District Superintendent Turnover,” Journal of School Choice.
Maranto, R. & April Gresham Maranto, “Mommy-Nanny as Principal-Agent in The Nanny Diaries,” PS.
Maranto, R., Nathan A. Benefield, and Jason O’Brien. (July 17, 2003). “Edifice Complex: Where has all the money gone? Harrisburg, PA: The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, available at http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org.
Maranto, R. with Brian D. Schmidt. (March 2003). “Getting More, Paying Less: Children, taxpayers, and public schools benefit from the Educational Improvement Tax Credit.” Harrisburg, PA: The Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, available at http://www.CommonwealthFoundation.org/Education/pb03-03.pdf.
Maranto, R. “Politicals Deserve Praise,” (August 2001). Government Executive p. 86.
Gresham, A, F. Hess, R. Maranto, and S. Milliman. (2000). “The Wild West of Education Reform: Arizona Charter Schools,” Phi Delta Kappan. 81: 10 (June), 751-57.
Hess, F., R. Maranto, and S. Milliman. (2000). “A Report Card for School Choice,” School Reform News. May, 4.
Gest, R. & Maranto, R. “Cases in Managing Diversity,” (2000). PA Times. (February, vol. 23: no. 2, p. 2 of Affirmative Action Special Section).
Hess, F. & Maranto, R. (1999). “Reinventing Tenure: What schools can learn from public personnel reform,” American School Board Journal, 186: 5 (May), 28-31; reprinted in Education Digest as “Tenure’s Troubled Tenure,” January 2000.
Maranto, R. (1999). “The Anti-Federalists and Modern Public Administration.” In The Constitutional Literacy Reader. Edited by Terry Newell. Charlottesville, VA: The Federal Executive Institute. (This will be distributed to over 1,500 federal executives annually.)
Maranto, R. (1999). “The Declaration of Independence, Now and in the Beginning.” In The Constitutional Literacy Reader. Edited by Terry Newell. Charlottesville, VA: The Federal Executive Institute.
Maranto, R. (November, 1997). “Coping With Your Political Boss,” Government Executive, 72-3.
Maranto, R. (Summer 1997). “Creating Public Value,” Senior Executive Service Newsletter (Washington: U.S. Office of Personnel Management) 2-6.
Maranto, R. (Winter, 1995). "How Federal Executives View the Budget," The Public Manager, 23-6.
Maranto, R. (September, 1993). "It Could Be Worse," Government Executive, 25.
Invited Publications
Maranto, R. (2007). "Politics and Innovation in Public Personnel Administration,” pp. 163-82 in A. Farazmand (Ed.) Strategic Public Human Resource Management Westport: Praeger.
Maranto, R. and A. Maranto. (2006). “Markets, Bureaucracies, and Clans: The Role of Organization Culture,” pp. 145-64 in Frederick Hess ed. Educational Entrepreneurship: Realities, Challenges, Possibilities. Cambridge: Harvard Education Press.
Maranto, R. (2006). “The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good: A Critique of John Merrifield’s Critique of Public Charter Schools,” Journal of School Choice 1: 2, 131-42.
Maranto, R. with A. Maranto. (2004). “Can NCLB Increase Options for Low Income Students? Evidence from Across the States” pp. 63-88 in Frederick Hess and Chester E. Finn eds. Leaving No Child Left Behind? Options for kids in failing schools. (Palgrave/Macmillan).
Maranto, R. with L. Coppeto. (2004). “The Politics Behind Bush’s No Child Left Behind: Ideas, Elections, and Top-Down Education Reform,” pp. 105-20 in Bryan Hilliard, Tom Lansford, and Robert Watson ed. George W. Bush: Evaluating the President at Midterm. Albany: State University of New York Press.
Maranto, R. (July 2003). “R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Teacher Abuse and How to Stop It,” NCSC Review, 3: 18-22.
Maranto, R. (July 2003). “Revenge of the (Nerdy) Professors: Scholarly Research on Charter Schools and Why It Matters,” NCSC Review, 3: 22-28.
Maranto, R. (July 2003). “Horror Story: Why the Ed. Business Is Like No Business,” NCSC Review, 3: 35-37.
Maranto, R. (April 2003). “Horror Story: What Do You Want to Work with Those F---in’ N----s For?” NCSC Review, 2: 12-14 (http://www.nationalcharterschoolclearinghouse.net/NCSCReview/EditionTwo.pdf).
Maranto, R. (April 2003). “How the Best Laid Schemes Go Astray: the Agony and (Occasional) Ecstasy of Charter Start-ups,” NCSC Review, 2: 14-17 (http://www.nationalcharterschoolclearinghouse.net/NCSCReview/EditionTwo.pdf).
Maranto, R. (April 2003). “Two Cheers for Standardized Testing,” NCSC Review, 2: 14-17 (http://www.nationalcharterschoolclearinghouse.net/NCSCReview/EditionTwo.pdf).
B.D. Schmidt, Robert Maranto, and M.S. Kayes. (April 2003). “Charter Schools, not of the Party, but of the People: a Quick and Dirty Analysis,” NCSC Review, 2: 1-7 (http://www.nationalcharterschoolclearinghouse.net/NCSCReview/EditionTwo.pdf).
R. Maranto and A. Gresham. (January 2003). “Death by Process, or Special Ed Blackmail,” NCSC Review, 1: 7-9 (http://www.nationalcharterschoolclearinghouse.net/NCSCReview/EditionOne.pdf).
R. Maranto. (January 2003). “Why it’s Tough to do Controlled Experiments in Education,” NCSC Review, 1: 16 (http://www.nationalcharterschoolclearinghouse.net/NCSCReview/EditionOne.pdf).
R. Maranto. (January 2003). “What Public Education and the Vietnam War Have in Common: if we put in enough money and enough soldiers, surely someday we’ll win,” NCSC Review, 1: 14-16 (http://www.nationalcharterschoolclearinghouse.net/NCSCReview/EditionOne.pdf).
R. Maranto. (2003). “Lobbying in Disguise: The American Federation of Teachers ‘studies’ charter schools,” Education Next. 3: 1 (winter) 79-84; accessible at http://www.educationnext.org/20031/79.html.
Maranto, R. (2002). “Reinventing Government: Shaping Culture” (review of Anne M. Khademian’s Working With Culture), Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (J-PART), 12: 4 (October), 623-27.
Hess, F. & R. Maranto. (2002). “Letting a Thousand Flowers (and Weeds) Bloom: the Charter Story in Arizona,” Pp. 54-73 in Sandra Vergari ed. The Charter School Landscape. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
Maranto, R. (2002). Paul P. Van Riper and Me,” Periscope (Summer) 23:2. accessible at
http://www.spalr.org/SPALR800.htm
Maranto, R. (2001). “Finishing Touches.” in Education Next I: 4 (Winter) 20-25.
Maranto R. (2001) Book Review: In the Web of Politics by Joel D. Aberbach and Bert A. Rockman Presidential Studies Quarterly, (March, 170-72).
Maranto, R. (2000). “Charter and District School Teachers,” The Goldwater Institute Journal (June), I: 2; 54-64.
Maranto, R. & S. Condrey. (2001). “Why Radical Reform? The Rise of Government by Business,” pp. 1-14 in Condrey, S. & R. Maranto, eds. Radical Reform of the Civil Service. (Lanham: Lexington.).
Condrey, S. & R. Maranto. (2001). “Radical Reform: Some Concluding Remarks,” pp. 219-24 in in Condrey, S. & R. Maranto, eds. Radical Reform of the Civil Service. (Lanham: Lexington.).
Maranto, R., S. Milliman, F. Hess, & A. Gresham. (2001). “Real World School Choice: Arizona Charter Schools.” Pp. 1-16 in Maranto, R., S. R. Milliman, F. Hess & A.W. Gresham, ed. School Choice in the Real World: Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools. Boulder: Westview.
Maranto, R. (2001). “The Death of One Best Way: Charter Schools as Reinventing Government.” Pp. 39-57 in School Choice in the Real World: Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools.
Maranto, R. & A. Gresham. (2001) “The Wild West of Education Reform.” Pp. 99-114 in School Choice in the Real World: Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools.
Maranto, R., S. Milliman, F. Hess, & A. Gresham. (2001). “Do Charter Schools Improve District Schools? Three Approaches to the Question.” Pp. 129-41 in School Choice in the Real World: Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools.
F. Hess, Maranto R., Milliman S., & A. Gresham. (2001). “How Arizona Teachers View School Reform.” Pp. 173-86 in School Choice in the Real World: Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools.
Maranto, R., S. Milliman, F. Hess, & A. Gresham. (2001). “In Lieu of Conclusions: Tentative Lessons from a Contested Frontier.” Pp. 237-47 in School Choice in the Real World: Lessons from Arizona Charter Schools.
Hess, F., R. Maranto, & S. Milliman. (1999). “How Competition Affects District Schools.” Program for Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University, http://hdc‑www.harvard.edu/pepg/index.htm.
Maranto, R. (1999). “On Supplying Effective Public Schools in Big Cities,” In D. Ravitch ed. Brookings Papers on Education Policy. Washington: Brookings Institution, pp. 452-62.
Maranto, R. (1999). Review of W.D. Nelson’s Who Speaks for the President and T. Walch’s At the President’s Side in the Journal of American History, June, 324-25.
Maranto, R. (1998). Review of Delmer D. Dunn’s Politics and Administration
at the Top: Lessons from Down Under in The Annals. Philadelphia: American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol 560 (November), 201-02.
Maranto, R. (1997). "Civil Service," Entry in Neil Larry Shumsky, (Ed.), American Cities and Suburbs: An Encyclopedia. New York: ABC-Clio.
Maranto, R. (1996). Review of Karen Hult & Charles Walcott’s Governing the
White House in Journal of Politics, 58:3, 879-81.
Maranto, R. (1995). "Elections," In Frank N. Magill (Ed.) Survey of the Social Sciences. Pasadena: Salem Press, 78-83.
Maranto, R. (1995). Review of Paul Light's Thickening Government in Political Science Quarterly, 110:2.
Other Writing in Progress
Maranto, R. “Did the Teachers Destroy the School? Public Entrepreneurship as Creation and Adaptation,” to be submitted to Teachers College Record.
Maranto, R. & Milliman, S. “School Quality or Racism: What Drives Parental Demand for School Choice?” to be submitted as a research note to Teachers College Record.
Maranto, R. “Why Americans Don’t Trust Government, Or Do They?” to be
submitted to Public Manager.
Maranto, R. & Brewer, G.A. “Conflict Between Political Appointees and Career Executives: An Empirical Analysis,” to be submitted to Review of Public Personnel Administration.
Grant History
July 1999 “Orienting Political Appointees,” a $15,000 grant from the PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment for the Business of Government.
June 1999 “How School Choice is Reinventing Public Education,” a $15,000 grant from the Thomas Fordham Foundation to write a report on Arizona charter schools.
June 1999 “How Charter Schools Affect District Schools,” a $3,000 grant from Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance.
October 1997 “The Impacts of Arizona Charter Schools,” a $50,000 grant from the Bodman Foundation (shared with Scott Milliman of James Madison University).
July 1995 “How Teachers View School Choice”, $3,000 from Lafayette College Academic Research Committee (ARC). The EXCEL Scholar Program provided a concomitant $2,000 to pay a research assistant who worked on the project.
June 1994 “Would You Vote for Colin Powell?” Grant from the LafayetteCollege Committee on Undergraduate Research for $4,000 (shared with April Gresham).
Journal Affiliations
Editorial Board: Public Voices, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Journal of School Choice (a new journal located at Florida State University), Journal of Political Science Education.
Book and Article Manuscripts reviewed for:
Brookings Institution
Policy Press
Public Administration Review
Journal of Politics
Journal of School Choice
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JPART)
Political Research Quarterly
PS: Political Science & Politics
Review of Public Personnel Administration
Southeastern Political Review
Journal of Peace Research
Wadsworth
Public Voices
White House Studies
State and Local Government Review
Policy Studies Journal
Congress and the Presidency
Social Forces
Education Working Paper Archive
Charter School Review
American Politics Quarterly
Teachers College Record
R. Maranto. (2007). “4 best signs of a good school” Philadelphia Daily News September 5, p. 19.
R. Maranto. (2007). “One School’s Lessons,” Philadelphia Inquirer September 4, B2.
R. Maranto. (2007). “The Good Life and the Good School,” Charter School Monthly (Phoenix) Vol. V: no I (August), pp. 1, 9).
R. Maranto. (2007). “How to Talk Back to a Charter Hater Part II: Six Things We Know about Charter Schools,” Charter School Monthly (Phoenix) Vol. IV: no IX (June/July), pp. 1, 13).
F. Hess and R. Maranto. (2007). “Phila. doesn’t need Schools Superhero,” Philadelphia Inquirer May 25, A19.
R. Maranto. (2007). “You Think You’re Better Than Me? How to Talk Back to a Charter Hater Part I: Why They Hate Us,” Charter School Monthly (Phoenix) Vol. IV: no VIII (May), pp. 1, 9).
R. Maranto. (2007). “Charter schools are the future,” Philadelphia Inquirer March 5, B2.
R. Maranto. (2007). “John Kerry served…where?” Philadelphia Daily News January 31, p. 21.
R. Maranto. (2006). “Let’s be copycat crime fighters,” Philadelphia Inquirer October 19, B2.
R. Maranto. (2006). “The Prez & the Mayor: Two peas in a pod,” Philadelphia Daily News August 11, p. 15.
R. Maranto. (2006). “John Street and the Peter Principal: Electing Incompetent Officials,” Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia) August 4, p. 18.
R. Maranto. (2006). “Counterpoint: Cyber charter schools can help reform public schools,” The Morning Call (Allentown) July 27, A11.
R. Maranto. (2006). “Leaning Right Hurts Academics’ Careers,” Philadelphia Inquirer January 15, 2006.
R. Maranto. (2005). “Three Cheers for Cronyism,” Washington Examiner. (November 11), p. 9http://www.dcexaminer.com/articles/2005/11/11/opinion/op-ed/5oped11maranto.txt" \t "l" http://www.dcexaminer.com/articles/2005/11/11/opinion/op-ed/5oped11maranto.txt.
R. Maranto & E. Mitchell. (2005). “Chester Upland’s Needs,” Philadelphia Inquirer October 10, B2.
R. Maranto. (2005). “Great Pain, Great Gain,” Hartford Courant July 26.
R. Maranto (2005). “For My Son to Succeed,” Baltimore Sun June 19, p. 5c.
R. Maranto (2005). “Does Teacher "Certification" Really Matter?” Commonwealth Foundation Commentary, http://www.CommonwealthFoundation.org/c04-6.pdf.
R. Maranto (2005). “Raise standards, lower barriers for Md. teachers,” Baltimore Sun March 17. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.teachers17mar17,1,5222514.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true.
R. Maranto. (2004). “Mourning Arafat,” Frontpagemagazine.com, November 12, at http://www.frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=15922.
R. Maranto. (2004). “Election Myth Busting,” Mobile Register, October 31, at
http://www.al.com/opinion/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1099218119276370.xml.
R. Maranto. (2004). No Class: Why are “public” schools closed to the public?” Wall Street Journal.com, September 16, http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=11000562.
R. Maranto. (2004). “Union Propaganda Can't Hide Charter Schools' Success” Commonwealth Foundation Commentary, August 20, www.CommonwealthFoundation.org/Education/c04-16.pdf.
R. Maranto. (2004). “Revenge of the Nerds: Richard Clarke is a consummate bureaucrat,
but he doesn't understand a politican's job, “ Wall Street Journal.com, April 12, 2004. http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110004939.
R. Maranto. (2003). “Ignoring Advice: The disillusionment of public school politics,” Education Next. 4: 1 (winter), p. 88. Accessible at http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/3345416.html
R. Maranto. (2003). “Don't drown charter schools with paperwork,” Tucson Citizen. October 23, accessed at
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=opinion&story_id=102303_guestcharterschools
R. Maranto. (2003). “Arizona Charter Schools: Serving Parents through Results, Not Red Tape,” The Intellectual Conservative, http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article2752.html, October 12.
R. Maranto. (2003). “For true diversity, include conservatives,” Baltimore Sun, July 31, p. 17a.
R. Maranto. (2003). “GOP should put vouchers before Rendell,” Philadelphia Daily News, June 25, p. 15.
R. Maranto. (2003). “Rendell’s education plan,” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 20; available at http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/opinion/s_130062.html.
R. Maranto. (2003). “Why some Iraqis fight,” Mobile Register, April 6, p. 1d (Insight section).
R. Maranto & D. van Raemdonck. (2003). “How many people will die if the war protesters win?” Reading Eagle, February 28, B9.
R. Maranto. (2002). “Protect Public Service, Not Public Servants,” Hartford Courant, October 11, available at http://www.ctnow.com/news/opinion/op_ed/hc-maranto1011.artoct11.story.
R. Maranto. (2002). “Big City Schools Are Not in Kansas: Why it's (almost) impossible to save city schools,” (August/September) NCSC News, http://www.NCSC.info/newsletter/August_September_2002/home.htm.
R. Maranto. (2002). “An ‘F’ for union’s paper: report on charter schools fails to make the grade in six areas,” East Valley Tribune (Mesa, AZ) July 19, A17.
R. Maranto. (2002). “Choice Benefits Minorities,” Baltimore Sun (Sunday edition) July 7, 5f.
R. Maranto. (2002). “Telling Your Story: Communications Tactics for Charter Schools,” National Charter School Journal (June) 2:1. Republished in National Charter School Clearinghouse at www.ncsc.info/newsletter 1: 6 (October).
R. Maranto. (2002). “Praising Arizona: Why I love charter schools” National Charter School Clearinghouse at www.ncsc.info/newsletter 1: 4 (June).
M. Carberry & R. Maranto. (2002). “Stop With the Guilt About Earth Day,” Hartford Courant, April 21, C3.
R. Maranto. (2002). “What Government Can Teach Academia, or Affirmative Action for Republicans?” Frontpagemacazine.com at http://www.frontpagemag.com/guestcolumnists2002/maranto02-26-02.htm (February 26).
R. Maranto. (2002). “Thinking About Teacher Certification: Can we do better than the lowest common denominator?” National Charter School Clearinghouse at www.ncsc.info/newsletter 1: 1 (February 27).
R. Maranto. (2001). “Debate observer finds fault with opposing perspectives,” Main Line Life, October 31, p. 5.
R. Maranto & R. Moffitt. (2001). “Keep ‘em coming: In defense of political appointees,” Washington Times, May 2.
R. Maranto. (2001). “Charter Schools Are Safer,” East Valley Tribune (Mesa, AZ) March 18, op-ed page.
R. Maranto. (2000). “The Victor Will Be Spoiled,” Mobile Register. November 27, op-ed page.
Mobile Register, October 10, op-ed page.
Maranto, R. (November 1999). “Turkey Farm: Why we can’t delay civil service reform.” Washington Monthly pp. 27-21.
Maranto, R. (2002). “Teachers Need Charter Schools.” East Valley Tribune (Mesa, AZ) April 4.
Maranto, R. and S. Milliman. (October 11, 1999). “In Arizona, Charter Schools Work,” Washington Post A25. Accessible at http://edreform.com/forum/991011rmsm.htm.
Maranto, R. (April 23, 1996). "Earth Day Should be Time For Environmental Optimism," distributed by Knight-Ridder to more than 30 dailies across the nation.
Maranto, R. (February 2, 1996). "Of Masses and Morons," Weekly Standard, pp. 19-20.
Maranto, R. (October 11, 1995). "Our National Sport: Racial Whining," distributed by Knight-Ridder.
Maranto, R. (June 10, 1995). "Why We Still Need Term Limits," distributed by Knight-Ridder.
Maranto, R. (November 5, 1994). "Myth is that voters are politically illiterate," distributed by Knight-Ridder.
Maranto, R. (October 24, 1994). "Farrackhan arouses echoes of Duke," in New Orleans Times-Picayune and distributed by Knight-Ridder to other dailies.
Maranto, R. (September 21, 1994). "Clinton has to do better in next foreign crisis," Philadelphia Inquirer, A23; widely reprinted.
Maranto, R. (August 11, 1994). "Too Many Americans Forget Where They Came From" Morning Call p. A11; also distributed by Knight-Ridder to dailies across the nation.
Maranto, R. (May 9, 1994). "Clinton's Tough on Crime Bill Won't Make Cities Any Safer," Morning Call.
Maranto, R. (April 19, 1994). "Prejudice Comes Naturally, But Empathy Takes Work," Miami Herald.
Maranto, R. (March, 1994). "Whitewater Shows Washington Isn't Little Rock," distributed by Knight-Ridder to numerous dailies.
Maranto, R. (February, 19, 1994). "Black History Month Shouldn't Slow Cadence of the March," Easton Times Express, p. A7.
Maranto, R. (October 8, 1993). "Too Much Crime? Bring in the Marines" Baltimore Evening Sun, p. 19A.
Maranto, R. (October 5, 1993). "Latest pass at 'reinvention' will do something, but not much," in the Lehigh Valley Morning Call, p. A11; widely reprinted.
Maranto, R. (Winter 1992-93). "Fact v. Fiction: A Closer Look at U.S. Elections," Penn World Review, 13:1.
Consulting and other service
Pennsylvania Coalition of Charter Schools: Scholarship Committee, April 2007.
Gettysburg College: External Review of Political Science program, April 2007.
Collegium Charter School: summer 2004.
Walton Family Foundation: Charter School-Start Grant Review Panel, June 2003-.
American Academy of Liberal Accreditation, July 2003-.
National Defense University CDLAMP Program: To develop measures of program success, April 1999, September 1999.
Loudon County, VA: Using customer satisfaction surveys in local service delivery,
November 1996.
Fairfax County, VA: Developing executive education and career tracks, January 1999.
References
Professor Charles Walcott
Political Science Dept.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231-5246 or 951-9408
Professor James Pfiffner
Department of Public Affairs
George Mason University
4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-993-1400
Bob Gest
Associate Director
Federal Executive Institute
1301 Emmet Street
Charlottesville, VA 22903-4899
804-980-6200
Brad Gitz, William Jefferson Clinton Chair of Politics
Lyons College
P.O. Box 2317
Batesville, AR 72501
501-793-7157
Craig Wheeland
Department Chair
Political Science Dept.
Villanova University
Villanova, PA 19085-1699
Kay Knickrehm, Professor and former Department Chair
Political Science Dept.
James Madison University
Harrisonburg VA 22807
540-568-6149
Associate Professor Scott Milliman
Economics Dept.
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
540-432-0348 or 568-3213
Personal Information
Born 3/28/58 in Baltimore. U.S. Citizen. Married to April Gresham; father of Tony (b. 1999) and Maya (b. 2004). Starter on the University of Minnesota's 1987 National Championship College Bowl team.