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Peter Libreros – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this dissertation was to provide teachers, principals, district administrators, and local, state, and national legislators with an understanding of what the perception is of Hispanic American Immigrant parents regarding their access to parental engagement and agency through the American public school system, specifically elementary…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Parent Participation, Spanish, Native Language
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Sampson, Carrie; Diem, Sarah – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2022
Leaders of education policy continue to decentralize school districts, particularly in predominately large urban districts, despite mixed results from this reform. In this article, we seek to explain how decentralization came to fruition through the policymaking process in one of the largest and most diverse districts in the United States that…
Descriptors: School Districts, Administrative Organization, Leadership Training, Educational Policy
Hale, Bryant – ProQuest LLC, 2019
In Illinois, Senate Bill 100 was known in the statutes as Public Act 99-0456, took effect September, 15, 2016. Illinois State Senator Kimberly Lightford and Illinois State Representative William Davis both sponsored Senate Bill 100. Senator Lightford said, "We're moving toward a disciplinary system that prioritizes educating students by…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, State Legislation, School Holding Power, Legislators