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Download full textBaker, Bruce; Miron, Gary – National Education Policy Center, 2015
This research brief details some of the prominent ways that individuals, companies, and organizations secure financial gain and generate profit by controlling and running charter schools. To illustrate how charter school policy functions to promote privatization and profiteering, the authors explore differences between charter schools and…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Policy, Privatization, Ethics
Miron, Gary; Horn, Jerry – 2003
In 1997, the Connecticut State Department of Education awarded a grant Western Michigan University to evaluate Connecticut's charter schools and charter school initiative from 1997-2002. The study used existing databases, site visits, focus groups, and surveys to gather data regarding the movement's effectiveness, progress, and impact, examining…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Quality
Miron, Gary; Nelson, Christopher; Risley, John – 2002
In 2001, the Pennsylvania Department of Education contracted with Western Michigan University to evaluate Pennsylvania's charter schools and charter school initiative over two years. The study used site visits, work sample review, document review, focus groups, portfolios and surveys to gather data regarding the movement's effectiveness, progress,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Accountability, Charter Schools
