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Elacqua, Gregory; Contreras, Dante; Salazar, Felipe; Santos, Humberto – Cato Institute, 2011
There is a persistent debate over the role of scale of operations in education. Some argue that school franchises offer educational services more effectively than do small independent schools. Skeptics counter that large, centralized operations create hard-to-manage bureaucracies and foster diseconomies of scale and that small schools are more…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
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Grasmick, Harold G.; And Others – Social Science Quarterly, 1992
Presents survey results on the movement to abolish corporal punishment in public education. Reports that fundamentalist Protestants are more supportive of corporal punishment than others. Predicts that religion is likely to be the route for public mobilization on this issue. Suggests that the greater punitiveness of Protestant fundamentalists…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Childrens Rights, Corporal Punishment, Discipline
Peters, Frank – Education Canada, 1986
Changes to legislation dealing with elections for school boards in Alberta have created a situation where it is conceivable that the membership on separate school boards that were established by Catholic or Protestant minorities could be made up partly or totally of electors who are neither Catholic nor Protestant. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Catholics, Educational Legislation
Klein, Christa R. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1991
This paper addresses issues unique to theological schools, which face challenges associated with changes in the composition of student bodies, faculties, and boards; increased pressures on administrators; and reduced funding. The discussion is organized around five major issues: (1) distinguishing features of theological schools, which…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Church Related Colleges, Clergy, Educational Assessment