6.4 교육감선거의 법적 쟁점 및 입후보자 특성 분석

Abstract

This study aims to examine the legal issues in 6.4 election of superintendent andconduct an empirical analysis of the differences in the personal traits and electionpromises between the successful and unsuccessful 6.4 election candidates forsuperintendent of education. The research questions are “What are the legal issues related to the 6.4 electionsystem of superintendent?” and “What are the differences between successful andunsuccessful candidates’ based on the personal traits.” This study analyzed 71 6.4election candidates and their 715 election promises for superintendent of education. According to the study, the legal issue of the unconstitutionality of the superintendentelection system was mainly emphasized. This claim is that currently election system ofsuperintendent may have unconstitutional elements in terms of independence ofeducation, professionalism, and political neutrality of educationWith regard to the personal traits of superintendent candidates’, first, 70% of formersuperintendents won re-election and the unsuccessful candidates who failed to winre-election were all conservatives. Second, successful candidates tended to spend theirelection expenses up to the limited amount in contrast with unsuccessful candidates. Unsuccessful candidates had a tendency to spend maximum election expenses if theexpected votes offset the total election expenses. Third, the successful candidatesfocused on the safety of schools, in contrast to unsuccessful candidates whose promiseswere mainly regarding the teaching staff. Forth, the core promises of successfulcandidates were about the safety of schools and school reform. On the contrary,unsuccessful candidates’ core promises mainly concentrated on the curriculum regardingcreative․happiness education which were initiated by Park Geun-hye administration. Lastly, the majority of the successful candidates’ promises, regardless of their political inclination, were regarding school safety.