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Download full textMiron, Gary; Gulosino, Charisse; Shank, Christopher; Elgeberi, Najat; Davidson, Caryn; Hernandez De Alvarez, Fanny; Jurdzy, Brandy; Larsen, Judith; Pham, Dung; Ruder, Kelly; Urdapilleta, Laura; Urschel, Jessica – Commercialism in Education Research Unit, 2021
The past two decades have marked tremendous growth in the number of public schools that are privately operated and, in a growing number of cases, also privately owned. Known as education management organizations (EMOs), these are private companies or organizations that are rapidly expanding their market shares of the public education sector,…
Descriptors: School Administration, Public Schools, Charter Schools, Nonprofit Organizations
Miron, Gary; Urschel, Jessica L.; Yat Aguilar, Mayra A.; Dailey, Breanna – National Education Policy Center, 2012
While past annual "Profiles" reports have focused on either for-profit EMOs (education management organizations) or nonprofit EMOs, this is the first annual "Profiles" report to cover both categories in a single report which allows for easier comparisons. The 2010-2011 school year marked another year of relatively slow growth in the for-profit…
Descriptors: Privatization, Profiles, Educational Administration, Educational Indicators
Molnar, Alex; Miron, Gary; Urschel, Jessica L. – National Education Policy Center, 2010
The 2009-2010 school year marked another year of relatively slow growth in the for-profit education management industry. The greatest increase in profiled companies occurred in the category of small EMOs (education management organizations) (i.e., EMOs that manage three or fewer schools). The authors believe their key finding from the 2007-2008…
Descriptors: Privatization, Profiles, Private Sector, Charter Schools
Molnar, Alex; Garcia, David; Sullivan, Carolyn; McEvoy, Brendan; Joanou, Jamie – Commercialism in Education Research Unit, 2005
This annual report, in its seventh edition, found that Education Management Organizations (EMOs) tend to focus on managing charter primary schools and on enrolling relatively large numbers of students in those schools. Fifty-nine EMOs operate in 24 states and the District of Columbia, enrolling some 239,766 students. The report is the most…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Proprietary Schools, Privatization, Charts
Direct linkGill, Brian P.; Hamilton, Laura S.; Lockwood, J. R.; Marsh, Julie A.; Zimmer, Ron W.; Hill, Deanna; Pribesh, Shana – RAND Corporation, 2005
New forms of governing and managing public schools have proliferated in recent years, spawning the establishment and growth of companies that operate public schools under contract. Among these education management organizations, or EMOs, the largest and most visible is Edison Schools, Inc., with a nationwide network in 2004-2005 of 103 managed…
Descriptors: Public Education, Privatization, Charter Schools, Public Schools
Nelson, F. Howard; Van Meter, Nancy – American Federation of Teachers, 2003
This report by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is the first comprehensive effort to assess student achievement in public schools managed by Mosaica Education, Inc., one of the leading private management companies in education, marketing itself to charter boards and school districts since 1997. Schools examined in the report had been…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Charter Schools, Public Schools, Privatization
