Financial Analysis of Governments

Politics & Social Sciences

Berne, Robert

Politics & Government

PRENTICE/HALL

The education system in the United States, and its principle of creating equal opportunity in a democratic society, is failing many children. Dissatisfaction with the system has never been higher. Based on a study of New York schools, this comprehensive book examines how social justice issues relate to outcome equity in education, and suggests ways of using resources more effectively in order to improve learning results.

Outcome Equity in Education: 1994 AEFA Yearbook (Yearbook of the American Education Finance Association)

Education & Teaching

Picus, Lawrence O.

Schools & Teaching

Corwin

This book, the second in the Twentieth Century Fund's series of studies on the privatization of public services, finds that current arguments for privatizing schools are based on wishful thinking.After examining what the actual experience has been with privatization around the country, Hard Lessons concludes that the promise of saving money and improving educational quality through privatization is, at minimum, being oversold. While this report is likely to be disputed by those who have a strong attachment to the notion that privatizing always improves output--and by those with a financial stake in the for-profit school "industry"--it will be an important part of the ongoing debate.The report, which focuses on big city schools, argues that while the magic wand of privatization must be abandoned, the efforts to solve the problems facing our nation's urban schools must continue; there are hard questions to be asked, new solutions to be tried, and the case must continually be made for new resources for our public schools, even in today's political climate.

Hard Lessons: Public Schools and Privatization (Twentieth Century Fund Report)

Fruchter, Norm

Ascher, Carol

Twentieth Century Fund

A UNIVERSITY VICE PRESIDENT FINDS HIMSELF THRUST INTO A HELLISH PANAMANIAN PRISON, AT THE MERCY OF UNKNOWN FORCES. When a university receives a bequest of a village in Tuscany to use as a study-abroad site, Bill, the Vice President, is put in charge of negotiating the terms with the donor's angry son who thinks the village rightfully belongs to him. Bill discovers that something is very wrong with the deal and is determined to get to the bottom of it. As he begins to suspect that organized crime is involved, he is lured to Panama supposedly to sign the transfer papers. Instead he is thrown into prison and denied any contact with the outside. As hope of ever being released fades, he realizes that his cellmate's drug-dealing family is his only hope for freedom, but is the price they demand too high? Early Praise for Tuscan Son 
"Tuscan Son is a great read and Berne has a prescient understanding of academic politics. I thought my DC experience would prepare me for the academy, but Tuscan Son is just what I needed."-Robert M Shrum, Warschaw Professor at the University of Southern California﻿"Tuscan Son is a tour de force adventure within the modern university that is both a great read and eerily familiar. Bob Berne captures the university's inner workings and foibles with nuance and cynicism, and the novel kept me guessing throughout. This is a terrific and unique addition to the entertaining genre of the academic novel and I can't wait to find out what comes next at Olmsted University."-John Sexton, President Emeritus, New York University\n"Tuscan Son is a fast paced journey through the intertwined stories of a seemingly mundane chapter in university decision-making and the worryingly plausible consequences. It is impossible to put down, with the fate of the ironic and cool-headed, honest but pragmatic university administrator at stake."-Ellyn Toscano, Executive Director, Hawthornden Foundation\n"Intrigue follows Bill, a gutsy college administrator, across three countries-as he launches an international enterprise for Olmstead University. Tuscan Soncomes to heart throbbing life with deception in Tuscany, survival in a corrupt Panamanian prison, and deception on the New York-based university's board of directors. Fighting for his life, Bill's instincts, cunning, and luck make it impossible to put down. "-Candace Greene, Global Marketing Consultant

Tuscan Son

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Moonshine Cove Publishing, LLC

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