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Keedy, John L.; Winter, Paul A.; Gordon, Steven P.; Newton, Rose Mary – 2000
Three policy strategies interpreted as intended to empower teachers within the new policy context of school autonomy were studied. Teacher services in Kentucky's school councils seemed to have little effect on empowering teachers since the researchers found in two studies involving 168 and 318 Kentucky teachers that teachers were not even…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Membership
Peer reviewedBjork, Lars G.; Keedy, John L. – Journal of School Public Relations, 2002
Describes school councils in Kentucky as illustrative of decentralization and empowerment; notes the largely disappointing results on teacher job attraction to council positions and on teacher and parent empowerment. Concludes that the teacher-parent-student relationship for poor families, precisely those targeted by the Kentucky reform cycle, is…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Income
