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Download full textBryk, Anthony S.; Rollow, Sharon G. – Issues in Restructuring Schools, 1992
In December 1988 the Illinois State legislature passed the Chicago School Reform Act, which sought to replace traditional bureaucratic control of the schools with a complex system of decision making by local schools. The act promotes three distinct sites of power in school communities: (1) parent-dominated local school councils (LSCs); (2)…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Issues in Restructuring Schools, 1992
The Chicago experience in school governance restructuring is examined in this newsletter. The introduction distinguishes between school-based management and shared decision-making and provides an overview of Chicago's restructured school governance. Next, findings of a study that examined school governance in 12 diverse Chicago elementary schools…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foundation Programs, Governance, Participative Decision Making
