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Bauch, Patricia A. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2000
Philip Woods and Carl Bagley's "School Choice and Competition" (Routledge 1998) evaluates the viability of allowing parents to choose the school their children attend within a decentralized, market environment. Despite methodological shortcomings, the authors argue effectively for schools' resistance to "competitive" social…
Descriptors: Accountability, Admission (School), Admission Criteria, Competition
Stevenson, Kenneth R. – School Business Affairs, 1999
The drive for privatizing public education comes from two different movements: load-shedding and outsourcing. Districts hope to reduce perceived labor problems, avoid managing "uninteresting" services, save money, and/or buy quick-fix education reform. Privatization of charter schools is becoming big business, but its cost-effectiveness…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Competition, Cost Effectiveness, Democratic Values
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Milz, Sabine – Review of Education, Pedagogy & Cultural Studies, 2005
In this article, the author seeks to address the present function of Canadian criticism by undertaking a meditation on the contemporary Canadian university and stating his own position as a critic of Canadian literature in this institutional framework. The author asks: What are the connections between neoliberalism and cultural nationalism in…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Social Agencies, Leadership, Criticism
Carlos, Lisa – 1993
Supporters of school-choice proposals contend that private-school choice continues to gain momentum at the state and local levels. This publication provides an overview of trends in the privatization of school choice, including privately financed voucher programs, contractual arrangements with the private sector, and for-profit private school…
Descriptors: Contracts, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1996
School districts nationwide are experimenting with a range of reform options, one of which is private management of public schools. This General Accounting Office (GAO) report describes the early experiences of four school districts that contracted with private companies for management of their public schools. Specifically, the report describes:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Community Attitudes, Contracts
Buechler, Mark – 1996
As of September 1995, a total of 19 states had passed charter school legislation and 226 charter schools were operating. This document presents an overview of state legislation and describes the status of charter schools in operation in the United States. Chapter 1 provides background information on charter schools--a discussion of trends leading…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Innovation
Berdahl, Robert – 1996
This case study concerns the 1992 Maryland legislation which granted St. Mary's College, a Public Honors College, a lump sum budget and exemption from most normal state controls. In return, there was an institutional agreement to cap state tax support at an agreed upon level and to use money from tuition increases to fund low income students. This…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration
Edwards, Deborah Lawson – 1997
In 1990, the Dade County Public School System (DCPS) in Dade County, Florida, entered into a 5-year contract with a private company, Educational Alternatives Incorporated (EAI), to manage the educational services at South Pointe Elementary School. This paper presents findings of an evaluation of the DCPS-EAI collaboration at South Pointe. Data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Contracts, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Rinehart, James R.; Lee, Jackson F., Jr. – 1991
This book develops the notion that the only realistic solution to public schooling's current difficulties is to increase parental and student choice, deregulate schooling, and ultimately bring about the privatization of schools. The monograph demonstrates that public school systems fail because they ignore certain laws of human behavior, and…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Creal, Richard C.; Beyer, Kirk D. – 1995
This 18th annual administrative compensation survey is designed to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date salary data available for college and university administrators. The benchmarking resource provides comparison salary data for 168 administrative positions found in colleges and universities nationwide, based on responses from over…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Administration, Colleges, Comparative Analysis
Beales, Janet R.; O'Leary, John – 1993
This document presents an overview of management strategies to help administrators make the most of available private-sector resources. The key is to view the private sector as a resource that can provide an infusion of expertise, accountability, and cost effectiveness into public education. Following the introduction, the second section examines…
Descriptors: Contracts, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Support, Elementary Secondary Education
Robinson, Edward H., III; Castenell, Louis A., Jr.; Robinson, Sandra L. – 1999
This paper examines the forces that are shaping the current move toward privatization of teacher renewal, focusing on what forces may precipitate a very different structure for schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs), and the possible options SCDEs have to shape their own future. Today, teacher renewal has metamorphosized from…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Aspen Inst., Queenstown, MD. – 1991
The common theme linking the contributions to this volume concerns the future of universal telecommunications service. The goal of having a universal telecommunications service has historically been to keep charges low enough that all but the poorest Americans could afford to make and receive telephone calls, even if they lived in remote and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Equipment Standards, Federal Legislation, Futures (of Society)
Flam, Samuel; Keane, William G. – 1997
It is likely that most school districts will need to think through the possibilities of privatizing one or more functions. This book was written to help all concerned parties understand the privatization debate. No political or philosophical conclusions about the feasibility of privatization were made. Chapter 1 relates the experience of the…
Descriptors: Contracts, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Economics, Elementary Secondary Education
Naples, Caesar J., Ed. – 1998
This proceedings presents 18 essays that focus on collective bargaining and other labor issues in higher education. The essays include: (1) "Looking Toward the Future" (Sandra Feldman); (2) "The New Unionism in Higher Education" (Bob Chase); (3) "Post-Tenure Review: Threat or Promise" (Christine M. Licata); (4) "A Response to Post-Tenure Review:…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Colleges
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