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ERIC Number: EJ536996
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0749-016X
Why Is Boston University Still in Chelsea?
Jacobs, Glenn
New England Journal of Public Policy, v10 n1 p179-207 Sum-Fall 1994
Examines the Boston University/Chelsea project and explores how privatization intrinsically results in decreased openness and accountability. Discusses the historical background of Boston (MA) and its schools to decipher Chelsea's economic dependency, and repeated the falls into receivership and privatization. Includes a discussion on Boston's Latino population's exclusion from the Chelsea/Boston University debate. (GR)
Descriptors: Accountability, College School Cooperation, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups, Hispanic Americans, History, Institutional Survival, Poverty Areas, Privatization, Public Schools, School Community Relationship, School Effectiveness, Suburban Schools
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Boston University MA; Chelsea School System MA
Note: Theme issue topic: "Whither Education Reform?"