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Stuit, David – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2009
Indiana legislators are currently debating the merits of a proposal to adopt a statewide tuition scholarship tax credit program. The proposed program would make available $5 million in tax credits that businesses and individuals could claim by making donations to non-profit Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs). SGO donations would be matched…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Taxes, Tax Credits, School Choice
Partnership for 21st Century Skills, 2010
This report highlights the demand for skills in the global economy and the ways in which educators can meet this demand by drawing on both career and technical education and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills' Framework for 21st Century Learning. Twenty-first century skills and career and technical education are essential in every state,…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Vocational Education, Readiness, Educational Demand
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Oketch, Moses; Mutisya, Maurice; Ngware, Moses; Ezeh, Alex C. – International Journal of Educational Development, 2010
One of the conundrums of free primary education (FPE) policy in several countries in Sub-Saharan Africa is the "mushrooming" of fee-paying private schools. Several researchers have become interested in studying this phenomenon and have raised the question--does free primary education meet the needs of the poor? Emerging voices among this…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Private Schools, Elementary Education, Economically Disadvantaged