The purpose of this study is to better understand the negative image associated with public education as compared to catholic and independent schools in Australia. This is done by examining parents' attitudes toward the three school sectors to determine the brand image parents perceive of...

Efforts to estimate the degree to which local property taxes are capitalized into house values are complicated by any spurious correlation between property taxes and unobserved public services. One public service of particular interest is the provision of local public schools. Not only do public...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore educational policy directions in the Maldives to continue learning in public schools during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and identify policy changes that could improve the preparedness of the schools for future pandemics....

Chapter 1 Affecting organizational behavior through performance measurement systems -- Chapter 2: Implementing performance measurement systems to hold public schools accountable for -- educational quality -- Chapter 3: Exploring the conceptual roots of outcome-oriented performance measurement...

Schools are essential in forming human capital and in improving the long-term health of the economy. They are also heavily reliant on state and local funds, which were severely depleted during the Great Recession. To alleviate some of the strain on local budgets, the federal government passed...