• ISBN13: 9788126940592
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Education & Psychology
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
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• Publication Date: December 4, 2023
• Pages: 170
• Original Price: 995.0 INR
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 350 grams

Public-private partnerships have been in use for a long time, having helped build roads and bridges, clean rivers and manage waste in many countries. In the last two decades, they have slowly begun to make their presence felt in the field of public education. Several countries, including the United States and India, have recently enacted laws that include partnerships with private entities as a vehicle for education reform.

PPP Paradox: Promise and Perils of Public-Private Partnership in Education discusses a swathe of PPPs in education and assesses their approach and contribution to genuine school change. This broad and even-handed survey of a variety of policy positions is followed by specific accounts of reform efforts in two case studies—one from a partnership in middle school, focusing on the change in curriculum and instruction that took place in the state of Michigan in the United States, and the other from a partnership bringing Montessori education to government-run schools in Chennai, a prominent Indian city.

Pritha Gopalan is an educational anthropologist with extensive experience in Early Learning and K-12 education. She is an expert mixed methods researcher who has served in leadership positions in prominent nonprofits and policy institutes, as well as taught in reputed academic institutions. She has published and presented widely on educational issues, especially focused on the design and delivery of educational initiatives that promote equity and quality in underserved settings. She holds a Ph.D. in Education and an M.A. in Communications from the University of Pennsylvania.