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• The Private Sector’s Market Mentality

  by ARTHUR LEVINE

  The president of Teachers College sees investors of for-profit educational ventures ready to make a major splash into the public school arena.

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• Charter Schools and Private Profits

  by DAVID N. PLANK, DAVID ARSEN AND GARY SYKES

  The emergence of educational management organizations to run charters raises questions about the pursuit of profits and the quality of education. David Plank is a professor of educational administration at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. David Arsen is an associate professor of political economy in James Madison College at Michigan State University. Gary Sykes is a professor of educational administration and teacher education at Michigan State University.read more | purchase issue
• Privatizing Title I

  by JAY MATHEWS

  With little fanfare or acrimony, several proprietary firms have moved into the management of districts’ compensatory education programs. Jay Mathews is an education writer with The Washington Post.read more | purchase issue
• Contracting for Classroom Services

  by JOHN McLAUGHLIN AND SENN BROWN

  Is your school district prepared with criteria to evaluate the growing array of private-sector providers of educational services? John McLaughlin is founder of The Education Industry Report and a consultant on private-sector investment in education. Senn Brown is treasurer of the Association of Educators in Private Practice and a former administrator with the Wisconsin Association of School Boards.read more | purchase issue
• Outsourcing Support Services

  by JAMES A. McCLURE

  Don’t turn over any service to a private provider without a cohesive school board that’s willing to weather a culture change. James McClure is a Chicago-based free-lance writer and consultant on labor issues.read more | purchase issue
• The Behavior of Public and Private Schools

  by RICHARD ROTHSTEIN

  The claim that non-public schools are more accountable to parents seems untrue, according to a new study. Richard Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C.read more | purchase issue