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Edwards, D. Brent, Jr.; Okitsu, Taeko; Mwanza, Peggy – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
This study investigates the emergence and supply-demand dynamics of a market for low-fee private schools (LFPS) at the level of early childhood care and education (ECCE) in a slum of Lusaka, Zambia. Based on data collection over 1.5 years, the study reveals that, despite a government policy to support ECCE, over 90% of ECCE centers are private;…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Private Schools, Fees, Supply and Demand
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Mond, Hannah; Prakash, Poorvaja – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
Low-fee private schools (LFPS) educate some of India's poorest children. They have grown dramatically over the last decade in India and have changed the country's educational landscape (Srivastava, 2016), yet there is little conclusive evidence that the schools significantly help their students. Our study aims to better understand why and how the…
Descriptors: Motivation, School Administration, Private Schools, Fees
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Winton, Sue; Milani, Michelle – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2017
Fundraising and collecting fees are ubiquitous in Ontario, Canada's public schools. Critics assert that these practices perpetuate and exacerbate inequities between schools and communities. In this article we present findings from a critical policy analysis of an advocacy group's efforts to change Ontario's fees and fundraising policies over the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Advocacy