[Bridging_the_digital_divide] Emerging Forms of School Organization

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> Competition for district and school contracts has increased as more
> companies have entered the educational marketplace. Schools must become
> more discerning buyers of educational services, and avoid naive 
> assumptions about the attributes of markets. ...the theoretical 
> benefits
> of private delivery systems, finance structures, and ownership 
> incentives, do not necessarily transfer to public schools whenthey 
> privatize. School districts, educational policymakers, and the larger 
> community currently lack understanding, knowledge and wisdom about how 
> privatization can hinder or promote the goals of public education.
>
> Patricia Rufo-Lignos and Craig Richards consider the state of our
> understanding of the impact of privatization in:
>
> Emerging Forms of School Organization
>
> ** This article is featured on TCRecord's home page:
>
>
> http://www.tcrecord.org

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