International and national trends in local governance of education

This publication identifies major changes occuring in the way education is governed and the current trends toward increased autonomy for local schools. It examines issues and priority areas in educational governance for policy makers, researchers, practitioners, learners and the community and concludes that reforms today are more complex and involve more actors than those of previous decades. These reforms include discussions on ways in which students learn and new forms of organising education. The contents are: Introduction; Six broad trends in governance reforms; Trends in what authority is transferred; Cycles in who receives transferred authority; What has been learned about local participation?; Conclusion; References.

This publication identifies major changes occuring in the way education is governed and the current trends toward increased autonomy for local schools. It examines issues and priority areas in educational governance for policy makers, researchers, practitioners, learners and the community and concludes that reforms today are more complex and involve more actors than those of previous decades. These reforms include discussions on ways in which students learn and new forms of organising education. The contents are: Introduction; Six broad trends in governance reforms; Trends in what ...  [+] Show more