NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Council of the Great City Schools, 2008
The Detroit Public Schools (DPS) have been battered by substantial outside forces over the last decade. The school system was taken over by the state; its elected school board was dissolved and replaced by an appointed body; its many operating systems were privatized; its citizenry were encouraged to flee to charter schools; and its resources have…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Textbooks, State Standards
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Ellison, Linda – School Leadership & Management, 2006
Kings College replaced a previous school on the same site and was the first privately managed state school in the UK, operating through a ten-year partnership between a not-for-profit company, 3Es Enterprises and Surrey County Council. This article examines the experience of this privatisation through the perspectives of students who had attended…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Facilities Improvement, Student Attitudes, Educational Change