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Hill, Paul T. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2011
America's system for financing K-12 education is not neutral about innovation and the use of new technologies. Indeed, that system is stacked against them. To remedy this, our education-funding system needs to shift dramatically. Instead of today's model--which rigidly funds programs, staff positions, and administrative structures, instead of…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Finance, Electronic Learning
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Burch, Patricia – Peabody Journal of Education, 2010
Drawing on a study of new forms of educational privatization, this article examines how ideas from institutional theory can be useful in analyzing the complex dynamics behind interim assessment technologies. The study was based on qualitative research methods and included interviews, a small-scale questionnaire, participant observation, and…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Privatization, Participant Observation, Federal Legislation