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Bradley-Levine, Jill – Journal of School Public Relations, 2008
This article considers how the private finance initiative, a contract for infrastructure, affected teachers' perceptions of efficacy, job satisfaction, and morale at an urban secondary school in the United Kingdom. Qualitative data collection techniques, including unstructured observation and semistructured personal interviews, were utilized to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers, Job Satisfaction
Gabbard, David A., Ed.; Ross, E. Wayne, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2008
This highly acclaimed volume in the "Defending Public Schools" series is now available in paperback from Teachers College Press. It is a practical, necessary addition to the work of administrators, teachers, policymakers, and parents as they negotiate the difficult path of how to best teach and educate today's children and youth. This…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Privatization, Federal Legislation
Estache, Antonio; Foster, Vivien; Wodon, Quentin – 2002
This book explores the connections between infrastructure reform and poverty alleviation in Latin America based on a detailed analysis of the effects of a decade of reforms. The book demonstrates that because the access to, and affordability of, basic services is still a major problem, infrastructure investment will be a core component of poverty…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions, Poverty
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Alexander, Kern – Journal of Education Finance, 2003
Summarizes Meira Levinson's argument that parental choice by and large reduces autonomy and, therefore, ultimately reduces the liberty of each succeeding generation. Recommends that all public educators read this book to grasp the magnitude of the potential effects that privatization of education may have on liberty and choice of future…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Childrens Rights, Elementary Secondary Education, General Education
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Lipman, Pauline; Hursh, David – Policy Futures in Education, 2007
The Chicago Public Schools, along with the city of Chicago itself, serve as an exemplary case of neoliberal reorganization, as corporate and governmental "leaders" remake Chicago into a global city meeting the needs of capitalism. As such, Chicago provides us with an example of "actually existing neoliberalism," in which…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Change, Corporations, Political Attitudes
Miron, Gary; Nelson, Christopher – 2002
This book contains evidence about charter schools that can provide important data on evaluating this new public-private hybrid and its success at serving the core purpose of public education. The book focuses on charter schools in Michigan, which is regarded as having one of the most permissive charter laws in the country. The first three chapters…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education
Evans, Kathy; Carroll, Ted – American School Board Journal, 1995
Hartford, Connecticut, hired Education Alternatives, Inc. (EAI), to help run the schools. EAI's key responsibility will be to help the school board implement their strategic plan for high and clear performance standards, improved assessment methods, more and better staff training, a decentralization of authority, and increased use of technology.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Contracts
Harrington-Lueker, Donna – American School Board Journal, 1996
Privatization pioneer Education Alternatives Inc. (EAI) has lost contracts to manage schools in Baltimore, Maryland, and Hartford, Connecticut. EAI's backers claim the lost contracts are proof of an entrenched bureaucracy. Others fault the contracts for lack of specificity about roles, responsibilities, payments, and outcomes. (MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Private Sector, Privatization, Public Schools
McLaughlin, John M.; Norman, Michael M. – American School Board Journal, 1995
Public school districts signing on with private companies to provide services need to set up contracts with performance standards. Provides seven general advice tips about what to include in contracts and case studies of what three school districts have done in setting up contracts with private companies. (MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Contracts, Private Sector
Keane, William G.; Flam, Samuel – American School Board Journal, 1998
Experiences of a Michigan school district provide a case study for examining the political, economic, and community-relations issues embedded in a decision to privatize. Support can be achieved only if all parties feel they were given adequate attention during deliberations on the issue. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Politics of Education
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Sumsion, Jennifer – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2006
This article uses an ethical audit framework proposed by Cribb and Ball to critically analyze the possible implications of the rapid growth of corporatized childcare in Australia. In particular, it seeks to examine how corporatization affects childcare service provision and whether it conflicts with other social goals. Noting the paucity of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethics, Privatization, Policy Analysis
DeSpain, B. C.; Livingston, Martha – American School Board Journal, 1996
A survey asked a national random sample of 1,500 school board presidents and the executives of all 1,300 local chambers of commerce for their opinions on charter schools, privatization, and vouchers. Board presidents are likely to support the traditional education establishment. Chamber executives tend to support free-market initiatives for…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Boards of Education, Business, Charter Schools
Cook, Glenn – American School Board Journal, 2001
Chester Upland School District, which finished last out of 501 systems in Pennsylvania, is a guinea pig for the private management of public education. Managing 9 of Chester's 10 schools, Edison Schools and its subsidiary Edison/Learn Now is banking on turning around the district with its longer class day, structured curriculum teacher training,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Estimates, Educational Administration, Educational Improvement
Beales, Janet R. – American School Board Journal, 1995
Public schools that contract with someone outside to offer an instructional program need to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to potential providers. This document details the type of service desired and invites individuals or companies to submit bids or proposals for consideration. Explains the key components of an RFP. (MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Development, Performance Contracts
Lewis, Edward T. – Trusteeship, 1994
Saint Mary's College of Maryland, previously a public college, has become a unique public-private hybrid in response to changes in state support commitments. Although this model could not be applied to most institutions, the experience suggests that college and universities must find new means of financing and relating to the state. (MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Governance, Higher Education
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