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Getting Lost While Trying to Follow the Money: Special Education Finance in Charter Schools [PDF]
, 2015 Tracking the special education dollars that support services for students with disabilities attending public schools is complicated; attempting to track the funds to autonomous public charter schools is even more so.
Lauren Morando Rhim +4 more
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Charter movement controversy: an American public charter school case study
Education InquiryControversy is intensifying with the rapid spread of charter schools and their domination of the education reform agenda. As charter enrolment increases in the USA, inequities in education worsen.
Carol A. Mullen, Tara C. Bartlett
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2017 This Campbell systematic review examines the effects of No Excuses charter schools on students? math and literacy achievement gains compared to similar students in public schools.
Sarah Krowka +2 more
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Flexible working and professional relationships in schools: An ecological approach
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In English schools, the policy environment has recently moved considerably in favour of teachers taking planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time away from the school site as one approach to flexible working in support of teacher retention.
Victoria Cook +3 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Newly established international branch campuses (IBCs) commence operations without a student body, and even after several years, many institutions fail to grow beyond 500 students. Despite having unique strategic needs, small IBCs are largely overlooked in the higher education literature.
Stephen Wilkins, Joe Hazzam
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New Jersey Charter Schools: A Data-Driven View, Part I [PDF]
, 2014 Policy makers cannot make informed decisions about the regulation of charter schools without first considering the characteristics of the students who are enrolled in these schools.
Julia Sass Rubin, Mark Weber
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract While Gaokao, the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), has been extensively discussed outside the Chinese academic circle, the retake policy of the test has not received much attention. Moreover, Gaokao research in China has predominantly examined the effectiveness of the retake decision in relation to students' demographic ...
Yifeng Cheng, M. Obaidul Hamid
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Previous research concerning Global South doctoral students in the United Kingdom has mainly situated their experiences within adaptationist paradigms, emphasising cultural adjustment and assimilation into Western academic norms. Such studies often depict students as passive recipients, overlooking their agency and the transformative potential
Peng Zhang +3 more
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Impact of Charter School Attendance on Student Achievement in Michigan
Proponents of school reform have argued that charter schools and vouchers can provide adequate market pressure to improve the performance of traditional public schools. While the number of charter schools and student enrollment have burgeoned, relatively
Kevin Hollenbeck, Randall W. Eberts
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Case Studies ofEmerging Ethnocentric Charter Schools in Hawai'i
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2003 The fast growing charter school movement may be impeded if charter schools are perceived as a vehicle for stratifying, segregating, and balkanizing an already ethnically, socio-economically divided population.
Nina K Buchanan, Robert A. Fox
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