The autonomy of schools is often considered to be improving school performance. However, there is some evidence that … relationship between school autonomy and its performance. The study is based upon a new public management approach and uses PISA … negative effect for school performance. The results invite policy-makers for a more customized approach to educational reforms …

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) targeted substantial School Improvement Grants (SIGs) to the … nation's "persistently lowest achieving" public schools (i.e., up to $2 million per school annually over 3 years) but … required schools accepting these awards to implement a federally prescribed school-reform model. Schools that met the "lowest …

education they receive. School enrollment rates have increased dramatically in developing counties since 1960, but many children … still leave school at a young age and often learn little while in school. This chapter reviews recent research on the impact …

support persisted for several decades and was pivotal in maintaining support for the social democratic coalition in Norway …