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Toward Redesigning School Board Governancereviewed by Kenneth K. Wong - 1995 Title: Toward Redesigning School Board Governance Author(s): Jacqueline P. Danzberger, Michael W. Kirst and Michael D. Usdan Publisher: The Institute for Educational Leadership, Washington ISBN: 0937846562, Pages: 108, Year: 1992 Search for book at Amazon.com We are in the midst of serious rethinking
about the design and practice of local educational governance. The
last time governance was the focus of change occurred during the
civil rights era of the 1960s. To promote greater access, reform
efforts of the 1960s were directed at institutional responsiveness,
racial representation on big-city school boards, and procedures and
rules that would broaden citizen participation. In part because of
the federal role, equity became a major concern in local resource
allocation. Current reform efforts, in contrast, are primarily
directed at the overall quality of educational services for all
students. As Patricia Graham observed, "In addition to attendance
and access for our children, we have now added a third and
absolutely new goal, academic achievement for all our children."[1]
Replacing the equity language of the 1960s in a subtle way, current
reform is framed in terms of better outcomes. To improve schools'
accountability to higher academic standards, reformers have
proposed strategies that range from site-level management, parent
empowerment, and... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Kenneth Wong
University of Chicago
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