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Direct linkTessitore, Matthew – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2019
Low cost private schools are becoming more prevalent in developing countries as governments fail to meet the demand for quality education (Heyneman & Stern, 2014). For-profit private schools are systematically being promoted by supra-national organizations such as the World Bank. Bridge International Academies (BIA) is one such low-cost,…
Descriptors: International Education, Privatization, Outcomes of Education, Critical Theory
Dang, Thi Kim Phung – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2020
Education reforms worldwide, in both developed and developing countries, address the content of education programmes and/or changes education systems. There are different paths, and different socioeconomic contexts, for those nations which pursue education reform, and Vietnam makes for an instructive example. The country's socioeconomic…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Socialization, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Heinze, Kathryn L.; Zdroik, Jennifer – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
Public schools in the US are increasingly charging "pay-to-play" fees for participating in sports. Although these fees can cause reductions in participation, particularly for children from lower-income families, pay-to-play has become a legitimate practice within the field of public education. This study examines what leads some school…
Descriptors: Fees, Public Schools, Student Participation, School Districts
Bray, Mark; Kwo, Ora – Oxford Review of Education, 2013
Most governments, at an official level, espouse the principles of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Among its statements is that education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Yet while the façade of government education systems presents an image that instruction is free of charge, families across the…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Civil Rights, Tutoring, Costs
Poole, Wendy; Fallon, Gerald – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2015
This paper examines increasing privatisation of education in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Conceptually, the paper is informed by theories of privatisation and social justice; and methodologically, it uses policy analysis to examine documents and financial records obtained from government departments. The paper critically analyses…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, School Districts, Social Justice, Foreign Countries
Ahmed, R.; Sayed, Yusuf – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2009
Public financing of education in the developing world context combines public and private funds, and the utilisation of fees is seen as a way of complementing state resources. In South Africa the new government in 1994 permitted schools to charge fees, a policy that has provoked much controversy. While different aspects of this policy have been…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Finance, Educational Opportunities
