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Federal Public School Food Police Fine Utah School $15k for Leaving Vending Machine Plugged in During Lunch.
May 17, 2012, 1:05pmSchool Districts in Wisconsin Saved $30 million on Health Insurance Costs Since Collective Bargaining Relief
May 17, 2012, 12:35pmPuerto Rico's Infrastructure Renaissance Continuing in 2012
May 15, 2012, 4:40pmPuerto Rico emerged as a leader in attracting private investment in public infrastructure in 2011, with projects undertaken or underway that include a modernization of 100 K-12 schools, a $1.5 billion toll road lease and an ongoing procurement for a long-term lease of San Juan's international airport. Momentum continues in 2012.
Puerto Rico Building Robust Infrastructure Privatization Program
Puerto Rico advanced public-private partnerships in schools, highways and aviation in 2011
May 15, 2012In two short years, the administration of Governor Luis Fortuño has turned Puerto Rico into a privatization leader among its state peers. To address the territory's chronic deficits and unsustainable debt, the administration has advanced a range of reforms that include major spending reductions, optimization of government operations and the enactment of a new law in 2009 inviting private investors to modernize or develop new infrastructure across a variety of sectors.
California Library Privatization Success in Jeopardy
Meanwhile, successful partnerships thrive in Florida, Oregon and elsewhere
May 15, 2012Several California municipalities have successfully implemented public-private partnerships for their libraries, however state lawmakers passed a new bill (AB 438) that makes future partnerships less likely to occur. Meanwhile, successful partnerships thrive in Florida, Oregon and elsewhere.
Green Dot Charter Schools Raise Performance for Long-Suffering Locke High School
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- School Choice, Charter Schools, and Trends In Educational Privatization
Education Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2011
Lisa Snell
May 1, 2012 - Taking Steps Towards Better Child Welfare Programs In Nebraska
The focus should be on the kids and outcomes, not reorganizing state agencies
Lisa Snell
February 8, 2012 - Privatization and Public-Private Partnership Trends in State Government
State Government Privatization Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Shirley Ybarra and Tyler Millhouse
February 18, 2011 - School Choice, Charter Schools, and Trends In Educational Privatization
Education Chapter of Annual Privatization Report 2010
Lisa Snell and Leonard Gilroy
February 15, 2011 - Where Did the Money Go? An Analysis of Spending and Revenue in Nebraska and Surrounding States, 2002-2008
Adam Summers, Leonard Gilroy and Lisa Snell
August 3, 2010 - Fix the Schools
Close failing schools, open charter schools and replicate great schools
Policy Brief 87
Lisa Snell
March 15, 2010 - Ten Ideas to Fix Cleveland's Schools
Turn failing schools into charters, empower parents and principals
Policy Brief 86
Lisa Snell
March 15, 2010 - Weighted Student Formula Yearbook 2009
Examining the school districts using student-based "backpack" funding to improve results
Lisa Snell
April 30, 2009 - No Choices Left Behind
Competitive Models to Restructure California's Lowest-Performing Schools
Lisa Snell
December 12, 2006 - Analysis of California's Proposition 88
Education Funding, Real Property Parcel Tax, Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute
Lisa Snell
October 18, 2006 - Assessing Proposals for Preschool and Kindergarten
Essential Information for Parents, Taxpayers and Policymakers
Darcy Olsen and Lisa Snell
May 1, 2006 - Is Universal Preschool Beneficial? An Assessment of RAND Corporation's Analysis and the Proposals for California
May 1, 2006 - The Case Against Universal Preschool in California
Lisa Snell
February 22, 2006 - Driving More Money into the Classroom
The Promise of Shared Services
William D. Eggers, Lisa Snell, Robert Wavra and Adrian Moore
October 1, 2005 - California's K-12 Education Primer
Lisa Snell
May 1, 2005 - School Accountability Reforms Only Work With Parental Involvement
Chuck Poochigian
March 1, 2005 - School Violence and No Child Left Behind
Best Practices to Keep Kids Safe
Lisa Snell
January 1, 2005 - Addition and Subtraction
State and Local Regulatory Obstacles to Opening a New Private School
Bahaa Seireg
December 1, 2004 - Special Education Accountability
Structural Reform to Help CA Charter Schools Make the Grade
Lisa Snell
July 1, 2004 - Education Management Organizations
Growing a For-profit Education Industry with Choice, Competition, and Innovation
Guilbert C. Hentschke, Scot Oschman and Lisa Snell
May 1, 2002 - School Vouchers As A Legal Sanction
Lisa Snell
December 1, 2001 - Revenue and Results
How Student Achievement Gains Can Save the Private Education Industry
Lisa Snell
October 1, 2001 - Workplace Charter Schools
Florida Blazes the Trail
Lisa Snell
May 1, 2001 - Response to Bush Education Plan: School Vouchers are Needed to Enforce Bush's Accountability Program
E-Brief 110
Lisa Snell
January 1, 2001 - Private Options to Help Students Read
Lisa Snell
December 1, 2000 - Innovative School Facility Partnerships
Downtown, Airport, and Retail Space
Matthew D. Taylor and Lisa Snell
December 1, 2000 - Remedial Education Reform
Private Alternatives to Traditional Title I
Lisa Snell
March 1, 2000 - Balancing Accountability and Local Control
State Intervention for Financial and Academic Stability
Richard C. Seder
March 1, 2000 - Satellite Charter Schools
Addressing the School Facilities Crunch Through Public Private Partnerships
Richard C. Seder
April 1, 1999 - Pennsylvania School Finance
Out of the Courts, Into the Legislature
Richard C. Seder
October 1, 1998 - Bilingual Education
Reading, Writing & Rhetoric
Richard C. Seder
May 1, 1998 - Strategies to Keep Schools Safe
Policy Study 234
Alexander Volokh and Lisa Snell
January 1, 1998 - School Violence Prevention
Strategies to Keep Schools Safe
Alexander Volokh and Lisa Snell
October 1, 1997 - Alternative Teacher Organizations
Evolution of Professional Associations
David W. Kirkpatrick
September 1, 1997 - Charter School Innovations
Keys to Effective Charter Reform
Theodor Rebarber
July 1, 1997 - The Education Innovators
Inspiring Words from Can Do Educators
Janet R. Beales
December 1, 1996 - Using Contractors to Cook, Clean, and Drive the Bus
Janet R. Beales
December 1, 1996 - Total Costing for School Transportation Service
How the San Diego City Schools Missed the Bus
Janet R. Beales
December 1, 1995 - Given the Choice
A Study of the PAVE Program and School Choice in Milwaukee
Janet R. Beales and Richard W. Wahl
January 1, 1995 - Teacher, Inc.
A Private Practice Option for Educators
Janet R. Beales
October 1, 1994 - Doing More with Less
Competitive Contracting for School Support Services
Janet R. Beales
September 1, 1994 - School Voucher Programs in the United States
Implications and Applications for California
Janet R. Beales
February 1, 1994 - Special Education
Expenditures and Obligations
Janet R. Beales
July 1, 1993 - Satellite Schools
The Private Provision of School Infrastructure
Janet R. Beales
January 1, 1993 - Survey of Education Vouchers and Their Budgetary Impact on California
Janet R. Beales
August 1, 1992 - Public-Private Partnerships
The Private Sector and Innovation in Education
Anna David
July 1, 1992
Education Blog
- Federal Public School Food Police Fine Utah School $15k for Leaving Vending Machine Plugged in During Lunch. (5/17)
- School Districts in Wisconsin Saved $30 million on Health Insurance Costs Since Collective Bargaining Relief (5/17)
- Puerto Rico's Infrastructure Renaissance Continuing in 2012 (5/15)
- Puerto Rico Building Robust Infrastructure Privatization Program (5/15)
- California Library Privatization Success in Jeopardy (5/15)
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