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Misrepresenting "Brown": Are Ohio Schools Lost in the Free Market? General Implications for Urban Education
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Beese, Jane; Martin, Jennifer – Urban Education, 2020
The privatization of public funds for education through school choice programs has fueled the expansion of virtual online charter schools. This redirection of funds contributes to the idea that virtual school success is comparable or even superior to the performance of traditional public schools. The schools most adversely affected are the schools…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Urban Schools, Academic Achievement, School Effectiveness
The Political Boundaries of School Choice and Privatization in Ohio
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Beese, Jane A.; Simon, Carlee Escue; Sutton, Lenford C. – Leadership and Research in Education, 2015
We analyze the votes taken in the Ohio State Legislature pertaining to the establishment of six school voucher programs: The Ohio Scholarship and Tutoring Program, The Autism Scholarship, The Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship, The Educational Choice Pilot Scholarship, The Educational Choice Scholarship, and the Income-based Scholarship…
Descriptors: School Choice, Privatization, State Legislation, Educational Vouchers
Ohio Schools and Privatization: Opportunity or Risk?
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Hughes, William – 1997
Food service, transportation and building cleaning and maintenance are big business and are seen as candidates for privatization. In Ohio, a 30-item questionnaire was developed for the state's school district superintendents. Results were generated from the 143 questionnaires that were returned (70 percent response rate). Findings show that Ohio's…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Educational Economics, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education