Lessons from the Trenches: Sustaining Improvements after State Takeover

Autor/inn/en	Jochim, Ashley; Hill, Paul
Institution	Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
Titel	Lessons from the Trenches: Sustaining Improvements after State Takeover
Quelle	(2019), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Improvement; Sustainability; Superintendents; State School District Relationship; Strategic Planning; Politics of Education; Boards of Education; Community Involvement; School District Autonomy; Public Schools; State Departments of Education; Capacity Building; School Turnaround; Louisiana (New Orleans); California (Oakland); Massachusetts; Ohio (Cleveland); New Jersey (Newark) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Nachhaltigkeit; Schulrat; Staatliches Schulamt; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Ausschuss; School district; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Kultusministerium; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	While state policymakers are ultimately responsible for public schools statewide, their influence over local school districts has always been incomplete at best. State chiefs, the ostensible leaders of state education agencies, have limited powers and local school boards ultimately control most of the money and staff. As a result, when state leaders seek change in local school systems--whether to address financial mismanagement, corruption, or weak outcomes for students--they are often stymied by factors outside of their control. State takeovers of local school districts emerged as one strategy for overcoming these limitations on state authority. State takeovers suspend the powers of local boards and put in place a state-appointed superintendent. They aim to provide states a direct means for influencing the oversight and operation of local schools that does not hinge on gaining local leaders' cooperation. While state takeovers can be powerful, they are never permanent. To understand how state leaders have sought to sustain the hard-won improvements they gained through state takeovers, the authors interviewed a total of 10 current and former senior state officials who had overseen state takeovers or served as state-appointed superintendents. The interviews provide key lessons for states seeking to make improvements in districts and schools navigating a transition to local control, and emphasize the need to focus on sustainability well before state interventions begin. The authors summarize the main themes that emerged from their interviews in three sections: (1) State takeover is an important but limited tool; (2) States must build a local political base for takeover-initiated reforms; and (3) Exit strategies must set the conditions for long-term success. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01