Control, Autonomy and Partnership in Local Education: Views from Six Chief Education Officers

Autor/inn/en	Bennett, Nigel; Harvey, Janet A.; Anderson, Lesley
Titel	Control, Autonomy and Partnership in Local Education: Views from Six Chief Education Officers
Quelle	In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 32 (2004) 2, S.217-235 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-1432
DOI	10.1177/1741143204041885
Schlagwörter	Partnerships in Education; Board Administrator Relationship; Interviews; Administrator Attitudes; Educational Policy; Governance; Policy Analysis; Pilot Projects; Performance Factors; Organizational Theories; Organizational Culture; Industrial Psychology; School District Autonomy; Educational Administration + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulpartnerschaft; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Politikfeldanalyse; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Leistungsindikator; Organisationstheorie; Unternehmenskultur; Betriebspsychologie; Industriepsychologie; School district; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung
Abstract	In the light of central government rhetoric of partnerships in educational provision, and the recent redefinition of schools' relationships with local authorities, this article explores the perceptions of six chief education officers of the formal relationships that currently exist between them. The CEOs interviewed were drawn from different types of LEAs, some of which had seen high levels of "opting out" by their secondary schools and some of which had had very low levels. They saw the concept of partnership as problematic, raising significant questions about the extent to which their organizations, constrained by formal accountability relationships and externally created codes of practice, could discharge their responsibilities as partnerships. It is suggested that the concept of partnership needs further clarification and precision if it is to be used in describing relationships between schools and their LEAs. (Contains 1 table and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10