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Educação, 2023 Este estudo analisa o modelo charter school e sua disseminação no Brasil. A coleta de dados se realizou em dois momentos: um primeiro, de levantamento de pesquisas e estudos sobre o tema no país; e um segundo, de exploração dos dados a partir do método de etnografia de redes que faz o uso de fontes online. A origem e a disseminação do movimento charter
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Charter school type matters when examining funding and facilities: Evidence from California.
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2005 Currently, charter schools represent one of the fastest growing movements of educational reform. The first charter school opened in 1992 and there are now over 3,400 charter schools nationwide.
Cathy Krop, Ron Zimmer
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“It’s Our Best Choice Right Now”: Examining the Choice Options of Charter School Parents
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013 One of the underlying premises of the charter school movement is that quality drives consumer choice. As educational consumers, parents are viewed as rational actors who, if given the choice, will select better performing school.
Adriana Villavicencio
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contract farming is a viable strategy agribusinesses rely on to strengthen coordination across actors in the value chain. However, low contract compliance remains a significant setback to agribusinesses' contract performance in low‐ and middle‐income country context.
Umar Shehu Umar +2 more
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Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2020 U.S. charter schools are publicly funded through state school finance formulas that often mirror the traditional public school finance systems. While charter school advocates and critics disagree over whether charters receive an equitable share of ...
David S. Knight, Laurence A. Toenjes
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli +2 more
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Charter Schools and Race: A Lost Opportunity for Integrated Education
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2003 Segregation patterns in the nation's charter schools are studied. After reviewing state charter legislation that directly addresses issues of racial and ethnic balance of student enrollment, we briefly examine the racial composition and segregation of ...
Erica Frankenberg, Chungmei Lee
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An analysis of student performance in Chicago’s charter schools
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016 Charter schools have become the cornerstone of school reform in Chicago and in many other large cities. Enrollments in Chicago charters increased by more than ten times between 2000 and 2014 and, with strong support from the current mayor and his ...
Myron Orfield, Thomas Luce
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor +3 more
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Education Finance and Policy, 2018 A particularly controversial topic in current education policy is the expansion of the charter school sector. This paper analyzes the spillover effects of charter schools on traditional public school (TPS) students in New York City.
Sarah A. Cordes
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