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The Impact of Institutional Design on the Democratization of School Governance: The Case of Nicaragua's Autonomous School Program
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Gvirtz, Silvina; Minvielle, Lucila – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2009
Nicaragua presents an interesting case study of a society pursuing reform of the democratization of its school governance through citizen participation. A radical transformation with a complex institutional arrangement was put in place within a context of major political change and endemic poverty. In order to achieve our objective of empirically…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Schools, School Based Management, Democracy
Educational Provision for Ethnic Minority Groups in Nicaragua.
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Docherty, F. J. – Comparative Education, 1988
Examines effect of Nicaragua's 1979 revolution on education, especially for minority Miskito Indians. Summarizes history of Indian culture in region. Suggests Sandinista government began emphasizing bilingual, bicultural education in 1982-83, sparked by deteriorating economic situation. Concludes multicultural education program, while hindered by…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Differences, Developing Nations, Ethnic Groups
Strategies of Educational Decentralization: Key Questions and Core Issues.
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Hanson, E. Mark – Journal of Educational Administration, 1998
Explains key issues and forces that shape organization and management strategies of educational decentralization, using examples from Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Nicaragua, and Spain. Core decentralization issues include national and regional goals, planning, political stress, resource distribution, infrastructure development, and job…
Descriptors: Centralization, Decentralization, Developing Nations, Educational Policy