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Payne, James L. – School Business Affairs, 1996
In "Corporate School Takeovers," the National Education Association expresses indignation over profit making by private companies providing services to schools. Argues that profits are a way of recognizing costs that exist in all school settings. The seeking of profits is no more selfish than the seeking of higher salaries, promotions,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Free Enterprise System, Politics of Education, Private Sector
Download full textPayne, James L. – 1995
The privatization of schools and school services is strenuously opposed by trade unions representing school district employees. This paper examines the opposing arguments advanced by the National Education Association and finds that the objections involve two distinct points: (1) the economic role of profit; and (2) idealism in the schools. The…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Contracts, Costs, Educational Economics
