Market reforms in education are part of the educational policy landscape in many countries.
Central to arguments for market reforms is the idea that competition and choice will spur …

Educational Change and the Political Process brings together key ideas on both the system
of educational policy and the policy process in the United States. It provides students with a …

Not only have school choice policies significantly expanded in the last decade, but also the
research has become more sophisticated and nuanced. We have moved beyond simple …

Abstract On July 14, 2006, the US Department of Education's National Center for Education
Statistics (NCES) released a study that compared the performance in reading and math of …

Comparisons of student achievement effect sizes suggest that systems in which student
performance in math and reading is rapidly assessed between 2 and 5 times per week are 4 …

Abstract Research has demonstrated that high rates of student mobility are associated with a
range of negative academic outcomes, both for students who leave their schools and those …

O SÉCuLO XXI Page 1 Liberdade e autonomia na educação ESCOLAS PARA O SÉCuLO XXI
Alexandre Homem Cristo Page 2 Cristo, Alexandre Homem Licenciado em Ciência Política …

Are public charter schools more effective than traditional public schools? This book provides
quantitative evidence to answer this question and considers a better way to undertake a …

As a consequence of the federal" No Child Left Behind"(NCLB) law, there is tremendous
pressure on school principals, teachers, school superintendents, district staff, state …

Th e introduction of charter schools into the public school system was designed to improve
the educational options for parents and their children. Charter schools are publicly-funded …