Local School Governance in Sweden: Boards, Parents, and Democracy

Autor/inn/en	Holmgren, Mikael; Johansson, Olof; Nihlfors, Elisabet; Skott, Pia
Titel	Local School Governance in Sweden: Boards, Parents, and Democracy
Quelle	In: Journal of School Public Relations, 33 (2012) 1, S.8-28 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Governance; Foreign Countries; Empowerment; Parent Participation; Parent Role; Parent School Relationship; Educational Development; Change Strategies; Educational Change; Board of Education Role; Private Schools; School District Autonomy; School Districts; Parent Influence; Educational Practices; Educational Administration; Boards of Education; Governing Boards; Administrative Organization; Organizational Change; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Ausland; Elternmitwirkung; Parental role; Elternrolle; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Bildungsentwicklung; Lösungsstrategie; Bildungsreform; Private school; Privatschule; School district; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Schulbezirk; Bildungspraxis; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Ausschuss; Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; Organisationswandel; Schweden
Abstract	Sweden has recently seen three major political attempts to empower parents through national regulations--the transferal of authority from the state to district school boards, the heavy promotion of independent schools, and the introduction of local school boards at municipality schools. This article provides an overview of these developments by using existing research and survey data to exemplify how empowerment has been enacted. Results suggest that (1) superintendents and chairpersons of district boards view parent influence to be moderate, (2) there has been rapid but uneven growth of independent schools, and (3) local school boards have seen limited use. (Contains 2 figures, 2 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10