This paper explores IBM's Smarter Cities Challenge as an example of global smart city
policymaking. The evolution of IBM's smart city thinking is discussed, then a case study of …

Education privatization is a global phenomenon that has crystallized in countries with very
different cultural, political, and economic backgrounds. In this book, the authors examine …

Smart city initiatives have been adopted by cities worldwide, proposing forward-looking,
technological solutions to urban problems big and small. These policies are indicative of a …

In this article, the author reviews research from the organizational sciences to develop
turnaround policy guidelines that may prove useful for policy makers and educators. The …

Neoliberal reforms of public education have promoted a role for parents as individual
consumers trying to maximize gains for their own children by choosing from a marketplace of …

What is the landscape of the racial politics of public education in the age of Obama? To what
factors can we attribute the seeming educational policy consensus from Washington, DC, to …

While critics offer concerns that cyber charter schools under-enroll special education
students, such schools may offer advantages for these students, and some cyber schools …

In 2002 the No Child Left Behind Act rocked America's schools with new initiatives for results-
based accountability. But years before NCLB was signed, a new movement was already …

The link between neighborhood quality and school quality is long-standing and well
established. Over the last two decades there have been several federally sponsored …

Educational privatization is rapidly expanding in many urban school districts, altering the
social, political, and economic dynamics of educational policy and leadership. Yet many …