Privatization of Public Education: Panacea or Pandora's Box?.

Stevenson, Kenneth R.

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ERIC Number: EJ597116

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Privatization of Public Education: Panacea or Pandora's Box?

Stevenson, Kenneth R.

School Business Affairs, v65 n11 p14-17 Nov 1999

The drive for privatizing public education comes from two different movements: load-shedding and outsourcing. Districts hope to reduce perceived labor problems, avoid managing "uninteresting" services, save money, and/or buy quick-fix education reform. Privatization of charter schools is becoming big business, but its cost-effectiveness remains unproven. (Contains 18 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Charter Schools, Competition, Cost Effectiveness, Democratic Values, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Privatization, Public Education, School Business Officials, School Business Relationship, School Choice

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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