The Privatization of Schooling
A Powerful Way to Change Schools and Enhance Learning
- Joseph Murphy - Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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Leadership & Management | Policy & Planning | School Change, Reform, & Restructuring
Leadership & Management | Policy & Planning | School Change, Reform, & Restructuring
September 1996 | 208 pages | Corwin
Focusing on an important emerging issue in United States' education - school reform via privatization - this book is designed to meet three major goals: to examine the foundations and the context of the privatization movement; to review the evidence on privatization in areas other than schooling; and to shape decisions about privatization in the school-reform arena.
Setting the Stage
Defining Privatization
Historical Context of Privatization
Pressures for Change
Intellectual Underpinnings and Expected Benefits
Forces Fueling Privatization in Education