ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the roles of voluntarism in the face of governmental provision of education and addresses concerns about the "match" of government mechanisms to levels of need. It describes the main suggestions for reform in educational governance briefly and compares voluntarism with them. Social capital is affected by governmental action, particularly the ability for individuals to make decisions on matters that affect one's work or personal life. The chapter also describes some interventions designed to increase benevolence and thus address the problems of resources and control faced by public education, as well as enhance learning and the creation of much-needed social capital. Voluntarism is a good thing, according to a number of traditional sayings. The establishment of volunteer programs and the use of the 90/10 rule may not, in themselves, be sufficient to sustain voluntarism at the district level.
