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Privatizing Schooling and Policy Making: The American Legislative Exchange Council and New Political and Discursive Strategies of Education Governance
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Anderson, Gary L.; Donchik, Liliana Montoro – Educational Policy, 2016
In this article, we examine the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) as an example of a unique node within larger policy networks composed of new policy entrepreneurs (e.g., venture philanthropists, think tanks, private "edubusinesses" and their lobbyists, advocacy organizations, and social entrepreneurs). These new policy…
Descriptors: Lobbying, Privatization, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Between Public and Private: Politics, Governance, and the New Portfolio Models for Urban School Reform
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Bulkley, Katrina E., Ed.; Henig, Jeffrey R., Ed.; Levin, Henry M., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2010
"Between Public and Private" examines an innovative approach to school district management that has been adopted by a number of urban districts in recent years: a portfolio management model, in which "a central office oversees a portfolio of schools offering diverse organizational and curricular themes, including traditional public…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Charter Schools, School Districts, Educational Change
Governing Education in an Antigovernment Environment.
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Bauman, Paul C. – Journal of School Leadership, 1996
Examines how negative views of government and the public sector are affecting educational governance. Reviews social and political trends undermining support for public schools. Presents a new definition of governance that realistically portrays the politics of educational leadership by acknowledging the roles of public and private sectors,…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Definitions, Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education