Background Around the world, it is very expensive to become a physician. Although public medical schools are less expensive than private medical schools, tuition fees are charged at public medical schools in the majority ...

The objective of this study is to analyse the determinants of the quality of education in Argentina and, in particular, to look at what influence a school´s ownership structure has. A multilevel regression model and 2006 ...

This paper discusses the potential contribution of employing school effectiveness methodological approach within the ongoing research debate on school choice issues. Using the first approach, we estimate the effectiveness ...

We seek in this paper to present the Pro-Creche Program and its development in a medium-sized municipality in the state of Sao Paulo. The Pro-Creche Program constitutes a partnership between local governments and private ...

The objective of this study was to construct normative tables for the Rorschach Comprehensive System for Brazilian children from public and private schools. The sample was selected using the Child Behavior Checklist and ...

This paper aims to review the link between public education policies on social inclusion and the institutional practices in state-run and private secondary schools in Argentina in the current context of compulsory secondary ...

There is persistent debate over the role of scale of operations in education. Some argue that school franchises offer educational services more effectively than small independent schools. Skeptics counter that large ...