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Democratic (Dis)engagement in School District Decentralization: A Critical Analysis of Actors and Coalitions
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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
Southern Illinois Administrators' Perceptions of Senate Bill 100
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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
Education on the Ballot
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Hoff, David J.; Klein, Alyson – Education Week, 2008
This article reports that education will be on the ballot November 4, even if the subject hasn't been on voters' minds much during the 2008 campaign season. The results of the elections are likely to have a significant impact on the way schools are financed, governed, and held accountable for the academic performance of their students. At the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Federal Legislation, Legislators, Elections
Public Managers, Judges, and Legislators: Redefining the "New Partnership."
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O'Leary, Rosemary; Wise, Charles R. – Public Administration Review, 1991
The Supreme Court's Missouri v Jenkins decision changed the role of school administrators as well as their ability to set priorities and control implementation. By sanctioning court-ordered taxation, it also involved legislators in the partnership, although the courts are clearly senior partners in the relationship. (SK)
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Judges, Court Litigation, Legislators
Chapter 2: Resisting Unlearning--Understanding Science Education's Response to the United States's National Accountability Movement
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Southerland, Sherry A.; Smith, Leigh K.; Sowell, Scott P.; Kittleson, Julie M. – Review of Research in Education, 2007
This article explains the apparent failure to communicate between science education researchers, policy makers, and staff at state and district offices of education. Each group is a stakeholder in K-12 education. Policy makers specify courses of action to meet the needs of an educational system, state and district staff work to implement these…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Policy Formation, Legislators, School Districts
Clarifying the Policy Contexts of Statewide Testing and Accountability and Their Impact on Secondary-Level Students with Disabilities.
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Krentz, Jane L.; Clapper, Ann T.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Johnson, David R. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2001
This article provides an overview of policymaking in relation to state and local district testing and accountability and concludes by identifying continuing policy issues and strategies for local implementation of standards-based secondary education that aligns with current testing and accountability policies. Governance models for curriculum…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Curriculum Design, Disabilities