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Mawhinney, Hanne B. – Educational Policy, 2013
An institutional analysis is presented of the policy, political, and legislative events associated with the failure of an attempt in 2006 by the state of Maryland to take control of 11 schools in Baltimore City and turn them over to independent managers or into charter schools under No Child Left Behind. The place of the failed…
Descriptors: Accountability, Urban Schools, Charter Schools, Educational Improvement
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Berdahl, Robert; Contardo, Jeanne Bayer – Planning for Higher Education, 2006
This is a case study of a state institution granted charter status in 1992 in exchange for capping its request for state funds. St. Mary's College of Maryland received widespread freedom from state procedural controls, including procurement, personnel, and some capital development processes. The state, however, retained its oversight of the…
Descriptors: Privatization, Public Colleges, Case Studies, State Aid