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- Title
Estrechos lazos en un distrito descentralizado: estudio de caso de un distrito que mejora.
- Authors
A. Umekubo, Lisa; H. Chrispeels, Janet; J. Daly, Alan
- Abstract
Pressures for increased accountability and higher student achievement have pushed districts to assume greater control and centralization of curriculum, instruction, and assessments. While the benefits of coherence and centralization have been noted, there is also increasing awareness of the need to balance professionalism and accountability through more decentralized approaches. Using social network analysis and extensive interviews with principals and central office administrators, this mixed methods study explores how one United States school district's formal structures fostered informal relationships between site and central office administrators that led to a balance between professionalism and accountability--a core condition that supported sustained achievement. This study provides one example of centralization/ decentralization, and a balance of professionalism and accountability that was struck between the central office and its schools in a large suburban district serving a high percentage of Hispanics, English learners, and socio-economically disadvantaged students.
- Subjects
SCHOOL decentralization; SCHOOL district management; EDUCATIONAL accountability; PROFESSIONALISM; ORGANIZATIONAL centralization; HISPANIC American students
- Publication
Pensamiento Educativo, 2013, Vol 50, Issue 2, p69
- ISSN
0717-1013
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.7764/PEL.50.2.2013.15