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Knoeppel, Robert C.; Brewer, Curtis A.; Lindle, Jane Clark; First, Patricia F. – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this study is to expand the definition of adequacy by adding soft skills as a measure of school productivity. The singular focus on academic standards inherent in education policy has prevented scholars from seeing the concept of adequacy through myriad perspectives and has contributed to a resegregation of schools. Education policy…
Descriptors: Productivity, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Policy
Jones, Narelle; Maxwell, Bev; Palmer, Bill – Online Submission, 1996
The People's Republic of China has seen a dramatic growth in its economy in recent years. It has a rapidly increasing population of approximately 1.2 billion people, though the population is still largely rural with about 80% of people living outside urban areas. China in its Education Law (1995) restated its commitment to universal education. In…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Enrollment Trends
Chen, Michael – 1993
This paper examines the emergence of privatization in Israel's educational system. The first part provides an overview of the provision of educational services in a welfare state. The second part describes educational privatization in a welfare state, and the third part presents examples of two forms of privatization that have emerged in the…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries