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1. "Sitting on a Tinderbox": Racial Conflict, Teacher Discretion, and the Centralization of Disciplinary Authority (EJ790973)

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Author(s):

Kafka, Judith

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American Journal of Education, v144 n3 p247-270 May 2008

Pub Date:

2008-05-00

Pub Type(s):

Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

Peer-Reviewed:

Yes

Descriptors:
Urban Schools; School Districts; School District Autonomy; Campuses; Court Litigation; Politics of Education; Civil Rights; Discipline; Centralization; Student Rights; Context Effect; Police School Relationship; Racial Discrimination

Abstract:
The centralization of school discipline in the second half of the twentieth century is widely understood to be the inevitable result of court decisions granting students certain civil rights in school. This study examines the process by which school discipline became centralized in the Los Angeles City School District in the late 1960s and early 1970s, however, Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Full Abstract

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2. French Medical Schools: From Hierarchy to Anomy (EJ807279)

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Hardy-Dubernet, Anne-Chantal

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European Journal of Education, v43 n3 p331-351 Sep 2008

Pub Date:

2008-09-00

Pub Type(s):

Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

Peer-Reviewed:

Yes

Descriptors:
Medical Education; Medical Students; Health Needs; Medical Schools; Classification; Foreign Countries; Admission Criteria; Competitive Selection; Educational Supply; Employment Opportunities; Selective Admission; Comparative Analysis; Centralization; Program Descriptions; Health Personnel

Abstract:
In order to successfully match students and jobs in the medical profession of their choice, and at the same time meet the country's health care needs, it has become evident that access to medical schools and the various medical professions should be tightly regulated, in particular by a "numerus clausus." In most Western countries, medical schools are applying different selection methods and appr Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Full Abstract

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3. Cross-National Comparisons in the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP): The USA, Norway and China (EJ801799)

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Author(s):

Johnson, Lauri; Moller, Jorunn; Jacobson, Stephen L.; Wong, Kam Cheung

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Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, v52 n4 p407-422 Aug 2008

Pub Date:

2008-08-00

Pub Type(s):

Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

Peer-Reviewed:

Yes

Descriptors:
Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Instructional Leadership; Principals; Comparative Education; Effective Schools Research; Politics of Education; Administrator Effectiveness; Democratic Values; Centralization; Participative Decision Making; Accountability; Governance

Abstract:
This article provides a cross-national perspective on successful school principalship in three countries derived from an analysis of case studies in the International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP). The ISSPP aims to investigate the characteristics, processes and effects of successful school leadership across eight countries (i.e. Australia, Canada, England, the United States, Ch Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Full Abstract

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4. After Decentralization: Delimitations and Possibilities within New Fields (EJ817772)

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Author(s):

Wahlstrom, Ninni

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Journal of Curriculum Studies, v40 n6 p725-742 Dec 2008

Pub Date:

2008-12-00

Pub Type(s):

Journal Articles; Reports - Research

Peer-Reviewed:

Yes

Descriptors:
Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Equal Education; Discourse Analysis; Educational Change; Pragmatics; Centralization; Organizational Change; Goal Orientation

Abstract:
The shift from a centralized to a decentralized school system can be seen as a solution to an uncertain problem. Through analysing the displacements in the concept of equivalence within Sweden's decentralized school system, this study illustrates how the meaning of the concept of equivalence shifts over time, from a more collective target achievement for the educational system as a whole to a mor Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Full Abstract

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5. We Learn What We Eat: Putting Local Food on the Table and in the Curriculum (EJ825452)

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Author(s):

Sacks, Howard L.

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Chronicle of Higher Education, v55 n13 pA31 Nov 2008

Pub Date:

2008-11-21

Pub Type(s):

Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

Peer-Reviewed:

No

Descriptors:
Rural Areas; Rural Education; Agriculture; Food; Global Approach; Agricultural Occupations; Sustainable Development; Local Issues

Abstract:
The town of Danville in Ohio was well known for its many turkey farms. Today there's barely a gobble to be heard around Danville, and the only talk of turkeys is at the annual Danville Turkey Festival, which has for decades celebrated the area's agricultural heritage. The local processing plant moved 200 miles north, into Michigan, in keeping with the trend toward centralization Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Full Abstract

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6. Centralization and Decentralization of Schools' Physical Facilities Management in Nigeria (EJ808633)

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Author(s):

Ikoya, Peter O.

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Journal of Educational Administration, v46 n5 p630-649 2008

Pub Date:

2008-00-00

Pub Type(s):

Journal Articles; Reports - Research

Peer-Reviewed:

Yes

Descriptors:
Community Leaders; Educational Facilities Planning; Facilities Management; Administrative Organization; Foreign Countries; Governance; Attitude Measures; Administrator Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Boards of Education; Improvement; Accountability; Educational Administration; Politics of Education; Secondary Schools

Abstract:
Purpose: This research aims to examine the difference in the availability, adequacy and functionality of physical facilities in centralized and decentralized schools districts, with a view to making appropriate recommendations to stakeholders on the reform programmes in the Nigerian education sector. Design/methodology/approach: Principals, teachers, members of the board of education including pa Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Full Abstract

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7. On the Cutting Edge (of Torpor): Innovation and the Pace of Change in American Higher Education (EJ805721)

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Author(s):

Murray, Gordon

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AACE Journal, v16 n1 p47-61 2008

Pub Date:

2008-00-00

Pub Type(s):

Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

Peer-Reviewed:

Yes

Descriptors:
Higher Education; Intellectual Property; Innovation; Educational Change

Abstract:
This article considers the pace of innovation and technology adoption in higher education and suggests that the rate of change on 21st century campuses is remarkably similar to earlier centuries when it may have taken over 30 years to introduce "modern" inventions like the telescope, microscope, and barometer to students. The literature shows that centralization Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Full Abstract

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8. The Era of Centralisation: The 1988 Education Reform Act and Its Consequences (EJ795763)

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Author(s):

Fisher, Trevor

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FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, v50 n2 p255-261 2008

Pub Date:

2008-00-00

Pub Type(s):

Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

Peer-Reviewed:

No

Descriptors:
Educational Change; Federal Legislation; Centralization; Educational Policy; Learning Processes; Foreign Countries; National Curriculum

Abstract:
In a "FORUM" article published in 2005 (Volume 47, Nos 2 & 3, see EJ736851) Terry Wrigley argued that "Another school is possible". The article prompted Trevor Fisher to respond explaining why, in his view, the centralising thrust of the 1988 Education Reform Act, the shift in power relationships, the politicisation of education over the past two decades and politicians' rigid control over educat Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Full Abstract

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9. Effects of Decentralization on School Resources (EJ794631)

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Author(s):

Ahlin, Asa; Mork, Eva

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Economics of Education Review, v27 n3 p276-284 Jun 2008

Pub Date:

2008-06-00

Pub Type(s):

Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

Peer-Reviewed:

Yes

Descriptors:
School Organization; Administrative Organization; Foreign Countries; Grants; Educational Finance; Centralization; Financial Policy; Finance Reform; Educational Equity (Finance); Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Public Policy

Abstract:
Sweden has undertaken major national reforms of its school sector, which, consequently, has been classified as one of the most decentralized ones in the OECD. This paper investigates whether local tax base, grants, and preferences affected local school resources differently as decentralization took place. We find that municipal tax base affects per pupil spending in the same way regardless of whe Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Full Abstract

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10. Twenty Years of Progress?: English Education Policy 1988 to the Present (EJ793560)

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Author(s):

Whitty, Geoff

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Educational Management Administration & Leadership, v36 n2 p165-184 2008

Pub Date:

2008-00-00

Pub Type(s):

Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

Peer-Reviewed:

Yes

Descriptors:
Educational Change; Educational Policy; Educational History; Trend Analysis; Foreign Countries; Educational Legislation; Disadvantaged; Educational Improvement; School Choice; Political Attitudes; Policy Formation

Abstract:
This article assesses the period following the 1988 Education Reform Act (ERA) and reflects on the main continuities and discontinuities in policy emphases since that Act. It begins by outlining education policy under the Conservatives from 1979. In this, it shows how the Conservative's simultaneous pursuit of marketization and centralization in education, nowhe Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Full Abstract

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