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Mellander, Erik - 2014

utilization, learning outcomes, the dimensioning of education, and benefits and costs. Finally, suggestions for improved …

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Trust-based evaluation in a market-oriented school system

Vlachos, Jonas - 2018

In Sweden, a trust-based system of school performance evaluation meets a market-oriented school system with liberal entry conditions for voucher-funded private providers. National standardized tests are graded at the local school and what ultimately matters to students are teacher-set grades....

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"Post-truth" schooling and marketized education : explaining the decline in Sweden's school quality

Henrekson, Magnus; Wennström, Johan - 2018

marketization of education, we suggest that these problems regarding school quality are to no small extent a result of the Swedish … a tradition of social-constructivist practices in their education systems and are considering implementing or expanding …

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Location choices of Swedish independent schools : how does allowing for private provision affect the geography of the education market?

Edmark, Karin - 2018

This paper studies the location decisions of Swedish start-up independent schools. It makes use of the great expansion of independent schools following a reform implemented in 1992 to test what local market characteristics are correlated with independent school entry. The results suggest that...

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Location choices of Swedish independent schools : how does allowing for private provision affect the geography of the education market?

Edmark, Karin - 2018

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Open science : one term, five schools of thought

Fecher, Benedikt; Friesike, Sascha - 2013

Open Science is an umbrella term that encompasses a multitude of assumptions about the future of knowledge creation and dissemination. Based on a literature review, this paper aims at structuring the overall discourse by proposing five Open Science schools of thought: The infrastructure school...

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The Profit Motive in the Classroom—Friend or Foe?

Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2023

Can competition and the existence of profit-seeking actors in the school market improve educational quality? To see cost-efficient, long-term improvements, we identify the school system’s capacity for knowledge-enhancing innovation as crucial and explore this question by examining Swedish...

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The Profit Motive in the Classroom - Friend or Foe?

Henrekson, Magnus; Elert, Niklas - 2023

Can competition and the existence of profit-seeking actors in the school market improve educational quality? To see cost-efficient, long-term improvements, we identify the school system's capacity for knowledge-enhancing innovation as crucial and explore this question by examining Swedish...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014353331

Student Debt is a Civil Rights Issue : The Case for Debt Relief and Higher Education Reform

Jiménez, Dalié - 2020

For an ever-growing number of students aspiring to higher education, borrowing is essential. Yet the burdens of … indebtedness dis-proportionally harm Black and Latinx students. Debt also undermines the meaning and effect of higher education … improve the accessibility of higher education. The Article develops proposals for reform, including debt forgiveness and …

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‘Post-Truth’ Schooling and Marketized Education : Explaining the Decline in Sweden’s School Quality

Henrekson, Magnus - 2019

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