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Balancing Local Control and State Responsibility for K-12 Education

ABSTRACT

This book examines the impact of state activism on local school autonomy in terms of both financial resources and policy initiatives.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |18 pages

Introduction

chapter |16 pages

Introduction and Overview: Balancing Local Control and State Responsibility for K–12 Education

part |101 pages

Framework for Understanding Local Control of Schools

chapter |26 pages

Political Philosophy and the Balance Between Central and Local Control of Schools

chapter |45 pages

The Limits of Standardization and the Importance of Constituencies: Historical Tensions in the Relationship Between State Authority and Local Control

chapter |27 pages

Recent Litigation and its Impact on the State-Local Power Balance: Liberty and Equity in Governance, Litigation, and the School Finance Policy Debate

part |76 pages

State Activism in the Late Twentieth Century

chapter |24 pages

Converging Forces: Understanding the Growth of State Authority Over Education

chapter |50 pages

State Politics and School Reform: The First Decade of the “Education Excellence” Movement 12

part |114 pages

Local Autonomy in the Late Twentieth Century

chapter |46 pages

Creating “A New Set of Givens”? The Impact of State Activism on School Autonomy 13

chapter |34 pages

Salvaging Fiscal Control: New Sources of Local Revenue for Public Schools

chapter |32 pages

Organizational Boundaries, Authority, and School District Organization

part |22 pages

Conclusion

chapter |20 pages

Achieving a “Just Balance” Between Local Control of Schools and State Responsibility for K-12 Education: Summary Observations and Research Agendas 53