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Direct linkShatkin, Gavin; Gershberg, Alec Ian – Urban Education, 2007
This article builds and explores the hypothesis that parent and community participation in school governance can have positive impacts on community development by fostering improvements in school performance and school-community relations and by acting as a catalyst for collective action around community-development issues. It does so through case…
Descriptors: Community Development, Parent Participation, Community Involvement, School Based Management
Download full textLindle, Jane Clark – 1992
The 1990 Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) provided, among other measures, a new governance body for schools called "School Councils." These school-based, decision-making councils are composed of parents and teachers and headed by principals. This paper presents findings of a study that explored the effects of KERA's provision for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Governance, Parent Participation, Parent Role
Russo, Charles, J. – School Business Affairs, 1997
Offers an overview of the school-based decision-making councils in the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 and takes a brief look at a lawsuit that unsuccessfully challenged the authority of councils. (MLF)
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent School Relationship
Peer reviewedDin, Feng S. – Rural Educator, 1998
A survey of 127 rural Kentucky school councils found that more parent members than teacher members held positive views about their school-council performance, and more teacher members than principals had such opinions. Members indicated main benefits to the school from council performance and main problems faced by school councils. Contains 22…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cooperative Planning, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Kannapel, Patricia J.; And Others – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1995
A 3-year examination of school-based decision-making (SBDM) councils in four rural Kentucky school districts revealed that, similar to findings in urban and suburban settings, SBDM councils in rural schools experienced difficulties in achieving true shared decision making. Decisions regarding hiring and budget management were most likely to lead…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
