Districts, Local Education Authorities, and the Context of Policy Analysis

Autor/in	Louis, Karen Seashore
Titel	Districts, Local Education Authorities, and the Context of Policy Analysis
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Administration, 51 (2013) 4, S.550-555 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0957-8234
DOI	10.1108/09578231311325695
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; School Districts; Educational Policy; Educational Improvement; Instructional Leadership; Educational Administration; Educational Trends; Educational Innovation; School Turnaround; Networks; Policy Analysis; Administrator Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School district; Schulbezirk; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Bildungsentwicklung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Politikfeldanalyse
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the author's commentary on the special issue of "Journal of Educational Administration" entitled "Systemwide Reform: Examining Districts under Pressure". Design/methodology/approach: The author gives her personal opinions, draws upon her recent experiences in the national study of US district leadership for school improvement, recent engagement with one specific US district's improvement efforts and work with colleagues in Europe on how a nation's culture mediates global policy trends. Findings: One striking feature is the degree to which the language of "New Public Management" (is suffused within all of the papers). Originality/value: The author notes that each paper peels a layer of the opaque onion of systemic school reform initiatives in the USA and was struck by the papers' insight into current policy and administrative dilemmas facing districts in the USA--and also by their uniquely American perspective. (Contains 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10