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Peer reviewedDennison, Bill; Fitz, John; Lauder, Hugh; Walford, Geoffrey; West, Anne – Educational Management & Administration, 1999
Five reviewers of "School Choice and Competition: Markets in the Public Interest?" (Routledge, 1998), by Philip Woods, Carl Bagley, and Ron Glatter, critique this comprehensive study of three educational quasi-markets in Great Britain. Areas such as social stratification, overall student achievement, diversity, and innovation appear to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Competition, Cost Effectiveness
Download full textFitz, John; Beers, Bryan – 2001
Although making profits from public education is not new, what is new is the recent development of corporate interest in taking over the organization and management of public education specifically for profit-making purposes. The study reported in this paper focuses on the intrusion of "big business" into an educational arena that…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Comparative Education, Contracts
