Author: Clement Darnley LewseyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Schools
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Political Decentralization - Community Control
Author: Clement Darnley LewseyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Schools
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
New York City Public Schools from Brownsville to Bloomberg
Author: Heather LewisPublisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN: 0807772569
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
When New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg centralized control of the citys schools in 2002, he terminated the citys 32-year experiment with decentralized school control dubbed by the mayor and the media as the Bad Old Days. Decentralization grew out of the community control movement of the 1960s, which was itself a response to the bad old days of central control of a school system that was increasingly segregated and unequal. In this probing historical account, Heather Lewis draws on new archival sources and oral histories to argue that the community control movement did influence school improvement, in particular African American and Puerto Rican communities in the 1970s and 80s. Lewis shows how educators with unique insights into the relationships between the schools and the communities they served enabled meaningful change, with a focus on instructional improvement and equity that would be familiar to many observers of contemporary education reform. With a resurgence of local organizing and potential challenges to mayoral control, this informative history will be important reading for todays educational and community leaders.
School Decentralization in the Context of Community Control
Author: Daniel Judah ElazarPublisher:
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Category : Education, Urban
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Community Control
Author: Alan A. AltshulerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Street-level Governments
Author: Robert K. YinPublisher: Free Press
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Barrio Democracy in Latin America
Author: Eduardo CanelPublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271037334
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The transition to democracy underway in Latin America since the 1980s has recently witnessed a resurgence of interest in experimenting with new forms of local governance emphasizing more participation by ordinary citizens. The hope is both to foster the spread of democracy and to improve equity in the distribution of resources. While participatory budgeting has been a favorite topic of many scholars studying this new phenomenon, there are many other types of ongoing experiments. In Barrio Democracy in Latin America, Eduardo Canel focuses our attention on the innovative participatory programs launched by the leftist government in Montevideo, Uruguay, in the early 1990s. Based on his extensive ethnographic fieldwork, Canel examines how local activists in three low-income neighborhoods in that city dealt with the opportunities and challenges of implementing democratic practices and building better relationships with sympathetic city officials.
Neighborhood Democracy
Author: Douglas YatesPublisher: Lexington, Mass. ; Toronto : D.C. Heath
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Metropolitan Schools; Administrative Decentralization Vs. Community Control
Author: Allan C. OrnsteinPublisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The Architecture of Government
Author: Daniel TreismanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139466496
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
Since the days of Montesquieu and Jefferson, political decentralization has been seen as a force for better government and economic performance. It is thought to bring government 'closer to the people', nurture civic virtue, protect liberty, exploit local information, stimulate policy innovation, and alleviate ethnic tensions. Inspired by such arguments, and generously funded by the major development agencies, countries across the globe have been racing to devolve power to local governments. This book re-examines the arguments that underlie the modern faith in decentralization. Using logical analysis and formal modeling, and appealing to numerous examples, it shows that most are based on vague intuitions or partial views that do not withstand scrutiny. A review of empirical studies of decentralization finds these as inconclusive and mutually contradictory as the theories they set out to test.
Community Control and the Urban School
Author: Mario D. FantiniPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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