School governance / volume editors, Richard C. Hunter, Frank Brown, Saran Donahoo.
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TextPublication details: Los Angeles : Sage Reference, c2012.Description: xxx, 360 p. 24 cmISBN: - 9781412987653
- LB 2805 .Sch65 2012
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A SAGE Reference Publication.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Should school governance be shifted from local school boards to the additional and direct control of elected political leaders? -- Do teachers' and other employees' unions reduce the ability of principals and superintendents to run and reform schools? -- Has the increased role of the federal government in the governance of schools through various initiatives, such as No Child Left Behind, improved public education? -- Should the role of the judicial branch of government be reduced in the governance of public education? -- Should school leaders have the primary responsibility for lowering the achievement gap for minority students? -- Are school administrators being prepared to adequately address gender issues? -- Are school boards necessary in today's public schools? -- Do charter schools improve governance within the public education system? -- Will giving school administrators more control over the structure and to lead public schools and districts? Will an increased focus on the market economy and global competition in K-12 public education prepare students to succeed economically? -- Will declining faith in public education lead to the appointment of more school leaders who lack a professional educational policies that govern high schools lead to improvements in the education offered to students? -- Have allowing and encouraging private corporations to participate in public education positively affected school governance? -- Has the increased emphasis on parent involvement hindered the ability of administrators background? -- Should the K-12 school organizational structure for public education in the United States be dramatically altered?
How do groups and organizations affect school governance?
What is the purpose of public education in the 21st century? The debates in this volume provide insight and scholarly based discussion of many of the issues and arguments affecting school governance in the 21st century.
Who should set education policy?
Covers every aspect associated with leading, managing, and guiding public education. It focuses on various school governance issues affecting public schools - who should govern public education?
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