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From Accountability to Privatization and African American Exclusion: Chicago's "Renaissance 2010"
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Lipman, Pauline; Haines, Nathan – Educational Policy, 2007
This article analyzes Chicago's new Renaissance 2010 school plan to close public schools and reopen them as choice and charter schools. Grounding the analysis in participatory research methods, the authors argue that Chicago's education accountability policies have laid the groundwork for privatization. They furthermore argue that Renaissance 2010…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Privatization, Participatory Research, Accountability
Systematic Dissemination of Research and Development Program Improvement Efforts.
Sanders, Carol S. – 1981
A systematic approach to disseminaton of vocational education research and development program improvement efforts is comprehensive, effective, and efficient. Systematic dissemination is a prerequisite link to assessing impact of research and development--for program improvement to occur, successful dissemination is crucial. A systematic approach…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
A Critique of "Student Achievement in Illinois: An Analysis of Student Progress 1984."
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Humphreys, Lloyd G. – Illinois School Research and Development, 1986
Criticizes the Illinois State Board of Education's study of the effects of school district size on student achievement as a piece of research upon which to base educational policy decisions. Points out specific weaknesses in the research. (FL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Consolidated Schools, Decision Making, Demography