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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Jigsawing Education Evaluation. Pieces from the Italian New Public Management Puzzle
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Grimaldi, Emiliano; Serpieri, Roberto – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2013
This article deals with the "troubled history" of head teachers' evaluation in Italy, as a specific strand of the controversial and fuzzy embedding of New Public Management (NPM) discourse in the Italian education system. Since the 1990s, NPM has shaped both policy agendas and professionals' subjectivities, leading the way to a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Administration, Interviews
The Reforming Trajectory of the Italian Educational System. Site-Based Management and Decentralisation as a Challenge for Democratic Discourse
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Grimaldi, Emiliano; Serpieri, Roberto – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2010
This article aims to present some tensions embedded in the Italian educational reform, arising both from the enactment of neo-liberal policies and the possibilities of democratic development opened up by the introduction of schools' site-based management and decentralisation. The article uses discourses as heuristic devices and presents two case…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Governance, Cooperation, Educational Change