Privatization in Sandy Springs, Georgia
Posted: June 23, 2012 Filed under: Privatization, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Privatization in Sandy Springs, Georgia
“A city outsources everything. Sky doesn’t fall.”
Posted: July 21, 2010 Filed under: Privatization, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
“A city outsources everything. Sky doesn’t fall.”
Privatizing ABC Stores: To Your Health! | Richmond Times-Dispatch
Posted: May 23, 2010 Filed under: Alcohol, Privatization, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/opinion/commentary/article/ED-BOUD23_20100521-204606/346117/
Privatize Forests
Posted: February 16, 2010 Filed under: Environment, Privatization Leave a comment »Let Private Firms Compete to Provide Airline Security
Posted: January 29, 2010 Filed under: Competition, Privatization, Security, Terrorism, TSA, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Let Private Firms Compete to Provide Airline Security
Time to Privatize NASA
Posted: January 25, 2010 Filed under: NASA, Privatization Leave a comment »http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5960
From State to Market: A Survey of Empirical Studies on Privatization
Posted: December 31, 2009 Filed under: Privatization Leave a comment »http://www.aeaweb.org/journal/contents/june2001.html#megginson
Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston’s Charters and Pilots
Posted: December 7, 2009 Filed under: Charter Schools, Education, Privatization Leave a comment »“Charter schools are publicly funded but operate outside the regulatory framework and collective bargaining agreements characteristic of traditional public schools. In return for this freedom, charter schools are subject to heightened accountability. This paper estimates the impact of charter school attendance on student achievement using data from Boston, where charter schools enroll a growing share of students. We also evaluate an alternative to the charter model, Boston’s pilot schools. These schools have some of the independence of charter schools, but operate within the school district, face little risk of closure, and are covered by many of same collective bargaining provisions as traditional public schools. Estimates using student assignment lotteries show large and significant test score gains for charter lottery winners in middle and high school. In contrast, lottery-based estimates for pilot schools are small and mostly insignificant. The large positive lottery-based estimates for charter schools are similar to estimates constructed using statistical controls in the same sample, but larger than those using statistical controls in a wider sample of schools. The latter are still substantial, however. The estimates for pilot schools are smaller and more variable than those for charters, with some significant negative effects.”
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15549#fromrss
