Citizen Participation: Quality and Impact.

Autor/in	Davies, Don
Institution	Institute for Responsive Education, Boston, MA.
Titel	Citizen Participation: Quality and Impact.
Quelle	In: The Common, (1977), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Citizen Participation; Citizens Councils; Community Control; Community Involvement; Decentralization; Democratic Values; Elementary Secondary Education; Political Power; School Community Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Decentralisation; Dezentralisierung; Politische Macht
Abstract	There are many different forms of community involvement and citizen participation in the schools. But while the quantity is high, the quality and impact are lagging far behind. The author (who is president of the Institute for Responsive Education) advocates the reintroduction of democratic values into education. Through school-based management, many important aspects of decision-making can be decentralized to the school building level. Workable decentralization requires a sensible plan of checks and balances, and citizens councils can encourage its development. Currently, however, citizens councils seem ineffective, partly because they have been given little authority or assistance by school officials. The author also advocates community access to collective bargaining in the schools and educational program diversity to serve different interests in the community. (Author/DS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01