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School governance /
Provides views on multiple sides of curriculum and instruction issues in America's schools and offers more in-depth resources for further exploration. Explores such varied issues as decentralization, federal roles in standards and assessment, parent involvement, and top-down vs. bottom-up decis...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. :
Sage Publications,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Debating issues in American education ;
v. 7. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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 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 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 background?
- Should the K-12 school organizational structure for public education in the United States be dramatically altered?