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Molnar, Alex; Miron, Gary; Urschel, Jessica L. – National Education Policy Center, 2010
The 2009-2010 school year marked another year of relatively slow growth in the for-profit education management industry. The greatest increase in profiled companies occurred in the category of small EMOs (education management organizations) (i.e., EMOs that manage three or fewer schools). The authors believe their key finding from the 2007-2008…
Descriptors: Privatization, Profiles, Private Sector, Charter Schools
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Miron, Gary – Educational Leadership, 1996
In response to stagnating economic conditions, the Swedish government introduced numerous "reforms," including a voucher scheme for approved independent schools. Since 1992, enrollments in independent schools have increased only 1%, segregation and interschool disparities have increased, and supports for special-needs children have…
Descriptors: Conservatism, Economic Change, Educational Change, Educational Legislation