January 10, 2008
Study Finds That Private, For-Profit School Management Improves School Outcomes
NEW BOOKS
Impact of For-Profit and Non-Profit Management on Student Achievement: The Philadelphia Experiment, by Paul E. Peterson and Matthew M. Chingos, was prepared by two Harvard researchers who examined a restructuring of the Philadelphia public-school system. In 2002, 30 low-performing elementary and middle schools were assigned to for-profit companies, 16 schools went to nonprofit groups, 21 were restructured by the local government, and
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