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  • Building a school leadership programme: an American paradox of autonomy and accountability

    Author(s)
    Reyes-Guerra, Daniel
    Russo, Marianne R.
    Bogotch, Ira
    Vasquez-Colina, Maria D.
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Bogotch, Ira
    Year published
    2014
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    Abstract
    School districts within the USA face ever-decreasing autonomy in rendering decisions regarding instruction, curriculum and the leading and managing of schools at the local level due to the ever-increasing accountability measures implemented by district, state and federal governments. This study investigates a joint university–school district partnership designed to develop turnaround administrators by exploring the tensions between autonomy and accountability. The findings indicate that mandates force educators to find new spaces that are contextually appropriate and effective in exercising their autonomy and accountability ...
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    School districts within the USA face ever-decreasing autonomy in rendering decisions regarding instruction, curriculum and the leading and managing of schools at the local level due to the ever-increasing accountability measures implemented by district, state and federal governments. This study investigates a joint university–school district partnership designed to develop turnaround administrators by exploring the tensions between autonomy and accountability. The findings indicate that mandates force educators to find new spaces that are contextually appropriate and effective in exercising their autonomy and accountability within a conceptual model for partnerships between schools, districts, universities and the governing bodies that regulate them.
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    Journal Title
    School Leadership & Management
    Volume
    34
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2014.943172
    Subject
    Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified
    Specialist Studies in Education
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/173295
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