Regional Governance in Education: A Case Study of the Metro Area Learning Community in Omaha, Nebraska

Autor/inn/en	Holme, Jennifer Jellison; Diem, Sarah
Titel	Regional Governance in Education: A Case Study of the Metro Area Learning Community in Omaha, Nebraska
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 90 (2015) 1, S.156-177 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
DOI	10.1080/0161956X.2015.988546
Schlagwörter	Governance; Regional Programs; Case Studies; Educational Administration; Public Education; Educational Change; Metropolitan Areas; Educational Legislation; Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; Organizational Objectives; Administrative Organization; Structured Interviews; Qualitative Research; Background; Context Effect; Demography; Politics of Education; Conflict; Resistance to Change; Funding Formulas; Organizational Communication; Agency Cooperation; School Taxes; Educational Equity (Finance); Tax Allocation; Educational Practices; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education; Barriers; Nebraska + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Regional program; Regional programme; Regionalprogramm; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Öffentliche Erziehung; Bildungsreform; Ballungsraum; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Business goal; Unternehmensziel; Qualitative Forschung; Hintergrundinformation; Demografie; Konflikt; Funding; Steuerentlastung; Bildungspraxis; Politics of education
Abstract	This article examines the first regional governance reform in public education, created in the Omaha, Nebraska metropolitan area in 2007. The legislation creating this regional reform, which is called the Learning Community, established a regional governing body, the Learning Community Coordinating Council, consisting of an elected 21-member board. The board oversees a tax-sharing plan that redistributes general revenue, an interdistrict diversity transfer program, and programming aimed at enhancing early childhood and after-school opportunities for low-income students. In this article, we examine the implementation of the Learning Community, evaluating the extent to which the regional governing body has been able to advance the regional goals with which it has been charged. This article also illustrates how, as a result of the regional governance reforms, school districts within the Omaha metropolitan area are reevaluating the very definition of "local community." (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01