Journal of Education and Psychology

Abstract

This study examined the feasibility of private management of public schools at the level of compulsory education in Taiwan. Theories and models of private management of public school were first reviewed followed by the understanding of the application differences between America and Taiwan. Finally, the prerequisites and processes of implementing private management of public schools were explored by questionnaire and follow-up interviews.

Subjects of this study included educational and school administrators, teachers, and parents. A questionnaire related to the feasibility and implementation of private management of public schools was developed and sent to forty-five schools. Valid data from 628 subjects were analyzed together with the information collected by the follow-up interviews.

Results showed that the charter school model is deemed to be the best one to implement in Taiwan. Small-scale pilot studies are suggested to be implemented first before the policy of private management of schools is adopted fully.

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