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Books on: independent schools policy

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1.

British Private Schools: Research on Policy and Practice

Book by Geoffrey Walford; Woburn Press, 2003

Subjects:

Private Schools--Government Policy--Great Britain, Private Schools--Great Britain

Collections: Education, Entire Library

In a series of surveys of the whole independent school sector in Britain, the contributors to this study reveal a wide choice. This ranges from home schools that just make the numbers needed to be classed as a school, through to Muslim schools and the traditional, extremely expensive Eton-style schools.
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Private Schools and the Public Good: Policy Alternatives for the Eighties

Book by Edward McGlynn Gaffney Jr.; University of Notre Dame Press, 1981

Subjects:

Private Schools--United States--Congresses

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...with educational policy alternatives for...children in all schools. The genius of...religious body, such as Independent schools, Montessori...case in 1925, 30 independent schools, including those...pluralistic educational policy in this country...
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Denmark, a Social Laboratory: Independent Farmers, Co-Operative Societies, Folk High Schools, Social Legislation: with 150 Photographs Illustrating Life and Conditions in Denmark

Book by Peter Manniche, H. J. Fleure; G. E. C. Gad, 1939

Subjects:

Agriculture--Denmark, Cooperation--Denmark, Denmark--Social Conditions, Education--Denmark

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the peasants and their schools -- the childrens school...refused to adopt this policy. "The land exists for...farmers sons to become independent at an early age. On...pioneers. The Rochdale policy is to sell goods at...have the folk high schools? And too much information...
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The Untested Accusation: Principals, Research Knowledge, and Policy Making in Schools

Book by Bruce J. Biddle, Lawrence J. Saha; Ablex Publishing, 2002

Subjects:

Education--Research

Collections: Education, Entire Library

The author provides long-needed evidence challenging widespread claims about the supposed shortcomings and weak impact of educational research. The study is based on interviews with principals sampled from major types of schools in two nations: the United States--a highly populated country where ...
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The author provides long-needed evidence challenging widespread claims about the supposed shortcomings and weak impact of educational research. The study is based on interviews with principals sampled from major types of schools in two nations: the United States--a highly populated country where research knowledge is often distributed through secondary sources but policy decisions may be made at the local level--and Australia--a less-populated country where research knowledge may be distributed directly to users but policy decisions are more often made at the state and federal levels.
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Language Policy in Schools: A Resource for Teachers and Administrators

Book by David Corson; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999

Subjects:

Language And Education, Language Planning

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...open for revision so that it becomes a dynamic policy response to the schools set of changing language problems.Chapters 4 sets...you list these situations and show how they are independent of discourse? 8. "Schools help reproduce...

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Journal Articles on: independent schools policy

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The Kenyan Government and the Kikuyu Independent Schools: From Attempted Control to Suppression, 1929-1952

Journal article by Theodore Natsoulas; The Historian, Vol. 60, 1998

Subjects:

Education and state--Kenya, Kenya--Schools, Kikuyu (African people)--Education

Collections: History, Education, Entire Library

...closed in 1952, independent schools competed with...government policy that ranged...congratulated the independent schools for their...overall colonial policy in Kenya was...suppress the independent schools, government policy became one...
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Examining the Impact of Charter Schools on Performance in Traditional Public Schools

Journal article by John Bohte; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 32, 2004

Subjects:

Charter schools--Analysis, Charter schools--Research, Charter schools--Standards

Collections: Entire Library

...As one official from the Houston Independent School District put it: When a school loses students to charter schools ... that school loses state...2001b, 1109; Osborne, 1999, 32). Policy changes like these are often accompanied...
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Including the Socially Excluded: League Tables and Labour's Schools Policy

Journal article by Bethan Marshall; Education, Vol. 43, 2001

Subjects:

Blair, Tony--Social policy, Education--Political aspects, Labour Party (United Kingdom)--Social policy, Schools--United Kingdom, United Kingdom--Schools

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...indicative of the way in which Labours policy places a disproportionate strain on those...years). By making the future of such schools endlessly open to speculation, and the...January 2000. (12) Ibid. (13) J. Judd, Independent, 22 August 2000. (14) Ibid. BETHAN...
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Punctuated Equilibrium, Bureaucratization, and Budgetary Changes in Schools

Journal article by Scott E. Robinson; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 32, 2004

Subjects:

Bureaucracy--Analysis, Education--Analysis, Education--Laws, regulations and rules, Education--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...must be addressed before any firm policy recommendations can be made to alter the bureaucracy in Americas public schools to maximize performance" (2001, p...test hypotheses about the effect of independent variables on the variance of a series...
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Ten Big Effects of the No Child Left Behind Act on Public Schools: The Center on Education Policy Has Been Carefully Monitoring the Implementation of NCLB for Four Years. Now Mr. Jennings and Ms. Rentner Consider the Comprehensive Information That Has Been Gathered and Present Their Conclusions about the Law's Impact Thus Far

Journal article by Jack Jennings, Diane Stark Rentner; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 88, 2006

Subjects:

Academic achievement--Forecasts and trends, Education law--Interpretation and construction, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Public schools--Evaluation, Public schools--Laws, regulations and rules, Public schools--Services

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...low-performing schools. For the past...on Education Policy (CEP), an independent nonprofit research...districts and schools, and generally...important national policy. TEN EFFECTS...influence of this policy on public schools. The effects...

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Magazine Articles on: independent schools policy

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Parents Demand Schools That Work; Increasingly Fed Up with Government-Managed Schools, More Parents Are Selecting Independent Schools for the High-Quality Education and Values Culture They Provide

Magazine article by James P. Lucier; Insight on the News, September 30, 2003

Subjects:

Bush, George W.--Social policy, Federal aid to private schools, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Private schools

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...More Parents Are Selecting Independent Schools for the High-Quality Education...as elitist or separatist, independent schools all of which are open to...offer. The constituency for independent schools no longer is limited to seekers...
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What's Wrong with Our Schools? Our Education System Is the Best in the World ... or Not ... Depending on Where You Sit in the Classroom. This Is the First in a Six-Month Examination of American Education and the Policy Efforts to Improve It

Magazine article by Richard Lee Colvin; State Legislatures, Vol. 29, September 2003

Subjects:

Educational reform--Analysis

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...point is that schools can do much to...primary grades, a policy that has cost $10 billion. The policy exacerbated an...urban and rural schools serving the most...California, Berkeley policy research group found that charter schools nationally spend...
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The New British Schools in Beijing

Magazine article by Michael Collins; Contemporary Review, Vol. 287, October 2005

Subjects:

Elementary school students--Education, Elementary schools--China, Elementary schools--Curricula, Elementary schools--United Kingdom

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...English education up to A levels by 2009. Although all of the schools are committed to academic excellence, their approaches differ...give a test to assess English language proficiency; school policy restricts the number of new enrolments of non-proficient English...
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The Trouble with Single-Sex Schools

Magazine article by Wendy Kaminer; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 281, April 1998

Subjects:

Education of women--Curricula, Single sex schools--Curricula, Single-sex schools--Curricula, Women's education--Curricula

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...purpose. Acknowledging the failure of a policy that by 1969 had cost 30,000 American...concierges at major hotels are high, but independent operators ask for much less and will...Kaminer ("The Trouble With Single-Sex Schools") is a contributing editor of The Atlantic...
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Will Schools Ever Be Free from the Chains of State Control?

Magazine article by Marie Gryphon, Emily A. Meyer; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 132, March 2004

Subjects:

Education and state--Analysis, Education and state--History, Education law--Analysis, Education law--History, Education law--Interpretation and construction, Education policy--Analysis, Education policy--History, Educational vouchers--Laws, regulations and rules, Private schools--Political aspects, Public schools--History, Public schools--Political aspects, School choice--Analysis, School choice--History, School choice--Political aspects, School, Choice of--Analysis, School, Choice of--History, School, Choice of--Political aspects, Social history--Analysis, Social sciences and history--Analysis, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris 536 U.S. 639 (2002)

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...limited government. If parents are empowered with options and schools are equipped with autonomy, the day may come when all families...benefits of educational freedom. Marie Gryphon is an education policy analyst at the Cato Institute, Washington, D.C. Emily A. Meyer...

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Newspaper Articles on: independent schools policy

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Cost of Private Schooling Doubles in 10 Years; but Independent Schools in Wales Are the Cheapest

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), March 31, 2008

Subjects:

Private schools

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...any government but dissatisfaction with the Government policy of late has sadly forced people to the independent sector." Despite the hike in private school fees, the new report said schools had sought to ease the increasing affordability problems...
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League Tables Are Good for Independent Schools

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 25, 2007

Subjects:

Private schools

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Tables Are Good for Independent Schools. Byline: -Comment...little clamour for a policy U-turn since they...league tables for independent schools, which we report...today show that Welsh independent schools are holding their...
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How Labour's Schools Policy Has Betrayed a Generation, by Blair's Teacher

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 4, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

How Labours Schools Policy Has Betrayed a Generation, by Blairs...outlaws selection by ability in state schools. Labours comprehensive school revolution...ministers to imitate successful features of independent schools such as giving teachers greater...
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Museum Ban on Private Schools Council Policy Is Branded 'Vindictive'

Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), February 8, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Private Schools Council Policy Is Branded Vindictive...centres because they attend independent schools, it was revealed today...announced a U-turn on a policy which prevents children from independent schools taking part in Birminghams...
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POLITICS: Tory Policy 'Could Cost Rundown Schools Pounds 100m'

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), November 21, 2007

Subjects:

Cameron, David--Political activity

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...them?" The Government also said its own policy of opening "city academies" was already...no doubt in my mind that bringing new schools into the system will drive up standards...proposed by the Conservatives would be independent of local authority control, would not...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: independent schools policy

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...relaxation in official policy, probably because antireligi...antireligious propaganda in the schools had already taken effect...N. Tukhachevsky . Independent influence in society...republics of the USSR as independent nations. On Dec. 26...Beloff, The Foreign Policy of Soviet Russia, 1929...
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South Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...strengthened white control of the country. The policy of apartheid in almost all social relations...planned establishment of a number of independent homelands for African ethnic groups...as the medium of instruction in black schools. Over the next months rioting spread...
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Pakistan

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and specialized schools in Lahore, Karachi...There is an independent judicial branch...shifted from a policy of conquest to...USSR, for an independent Pushtunistan...its pro-Western policy after 1963 by...was regarded as independent of the government...Pakistans Foreign Policy: An Historical...
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Algeria

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the three beys and by independent-minded Berber groups...built roads, railroads, schools, and hospitals. The...the official French policy in Algeria was to encourage...done to implement this policy, and there was virtually...movement called for a fully independent, Muslim-controlled Algeria...
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Sri Lanka

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...plantations were developed, and schools, including a university, were...constitution was enacted. An Independent Nation Full independence...deficit, and the traditional policy of extensive social-welfare...the Tamil minority for an independent state. Election of a new UNP...

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