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Peer reviewedO'Shea, David – Education and Urban Society, 1975
The future stability of the Los Angeles school district as a single entity is questioned. Various problems that add instability to the system's present decentralization plans are discussed. Among them are achievement and academic performance. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Community Control, Decentralization
Download full textWhitty, Geoff; Seddon, Terri – 1994
This publication contains two papers on the implications of school decentralization for teacher education, student achievement, and democracy. The first paper, "Devolution in Education Systems: Implications for Teacher Professional Development and Pupil Performance" (Geoff Whitty), explores the way education reform movements for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Control, Decentralization, Democracy
