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Bennett, David A. – School Administrator, 1992
Rejecting the voucher concept for promoting unequal education, this article endorses the "public/private partnership" model of reinvented school governance. Under this system, teachers and administrators remain public employees but are managed by a private company. Jay P. Goldman's sidebar criticizes privatization schemes as unworkable…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competition, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Sawicky, Max B. – School Administrator, 1997
The author of "Risky Business: Private Management of Public Schools" examines privatization efforts by Educational Alternatives Inc. and the Edison Project. Privatization actually represents two different interests: a conservative ideological crusade and a nonpartisan exercise in pursuing good government. Most arrangements have not…
Descriptors: Competition, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Levine, Arthur – School Administrator, 2000
A $500-billion industry, K-12 education offers attractive investment possibilities. Public education is being broadly criticized; state governments favor new program structures; the school-age population is growing; new technologies offer entrepreneurial opportunities; school revenues provide ready capital; and the knowledge industry is booming.…
Descriptors: Brain, Competition, Contracts, Cost Effectiveness
