Controlling public education : localism versus equity

Author(s)

• McDermott, Kathryn A.

Bibliographic Information

Controlling public education : localism versus equity

Kathryn A. McDermott

（Studies in government and public policy）

University Press of Kansas, c1999

• : cloth
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-196) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Drawing upon democratic theory and the results of field research, Kathryn McDermott contends that the American educational system can be made more democratic by centralizing control over funding while decentralizing most authority over schools to the level of schools themselves.

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Details

• NCID: BA46608770
• ISBN:
  • 0700609717
  • 0700609725
• LCCN: 99024853
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lawrence
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 205 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LC213.23.N39
  • DC21 : 379.746/8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Educational equalization -- Connecticut -- New Haven Metropolitan Area Case studies
  • LCSH : Schools -- Decentralization -- Social aspects -- Connecticut -- New Haven Metropolitan Area Case studies
  • LCSH : Education and state -- Connecticut -- New Haven Metropolitan Area Case studies
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00285640