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Shannon, Eric William; Saatcioglu, Argun – Educational Policy, 2018
Proponents of the charter school movement often claim that the decentralized, autonomous nature of charter schools from district and state authority allows teachers greater influence over school policy both instructionally and administratively. Using a data set of 1,427 New York City schools, we empirically examine the extent to which…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Prediction, Charter Schools, Educational Policy
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Woods, Philip; Simkins, Tim – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2014
The structure of the English school system has been the subject of almost continuous change since the late-1980s. The most recent was commenced by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition government, which was elected in May 2010. This policy set in train, very quickly, processes through which all schools have been encouraged, and in some cases…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, School Districts, Educational Finance
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Robertson, W. Brett – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2015
For-profit charter schools represent a controversial new market-based education reform (Garcia, Barber, & Molnar, 2009; Conn, 2002). This essay explores how schools operated by for-profit corporations differ from those operated by non-profit organizations. Specifically, do for-profit charter schools locate in demographically distinct areas and…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Proprietary Schools, Demography, School Location
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Ertas, Nevbahar; Roch, Christine H. – Education and Urban Society, 2014
For-profit educational management organizations (EMOs) are a growing phenomenon in public education, and they are an integral part of charter school reform in many states. Research suggests that charter schools operated by for-profit entities may take a more entrepreneurial approach when expanding their operations and thus may be more inclined to…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Equal Education, Enrollment, Disadvantaged Youth
Fowles, Jacob – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Public higher education is a large enterprise in the United States. Total state expenditures for higher education totaled nearly $152 billion dollars in FY2008, accounting for over ten percent of total state expenditures and representing the single largest category of discretionary spending in most states (NASBO, 2009). The last three decades have…
Descriptors: Public Education, Higher Education, Governance, Educational Policy
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Malin, Joel R.; Lubienski, Christopher – Current Issues in Education, 2013
The success of some advocacy organizations in advancing their preferred policies despite questionable evidence of the effectiveness of these policies raises questions about what contributes to successful policy promotion. We hypothesize that some education-focused organizations are advancing their agendas by engaging media, with individuals who…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Opinions, Expertise, Policy Analysis
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Portales, Jaime; Heilig, Julian Vasquez – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2014
Findings from this study show that educational and mobility opportunities for families and students participating in the Chilean voucher system are not homogenously distributed. Some families and students use and benefit from the system, while others will remain marginalized. The quantitative results in this study demonstrate that students of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Vouchers, School Districts, Enrollment Influences
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Itkonen, Tiina – Educational Policy, 2009
This study analyzes parent and professional organizations' effectiveness in national special education policy from 1975 to the present. Of specific interest are the relationships between groups' policy victories, how groups construct their political messages, and organizational characteristics. The research is significant in that it is one of the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Special Education, Educational History, Parent Participation
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Suarez, David F.; Ramirez, Francisco O.; Koo, Jeong-Woo – Sociology of Education, 2009
The UNESCO Associated Schools Project emphasizes world community, human rights, and international understanding. This article investigates the emergence and global diffusion of the project from 1953 to 2001, estimating the influence of national, regional, and world characteristics on the likelihood of a country adopting a UNESCO school. It also…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Educational Innovation, Educational History, Models