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Direct linkRanson, Stewart – Critical Studies in Education, 2012
The collective action predicaments of the time require citizens to participate in remaking the governance of civil society so that they can become engaged and cooperate together. Can citizens become makers of civil society? This article draws upon Hannah Arendt's "On Revolution" to provide a theory of remaking in which citizens come together to…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Social Action, Governance, Social Theories
Gardner, David P. – Educ Rec, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Community Involvement, Educational Trends, Governance
Download full textHirota, Janice M.; Jacobs, Lauren E. – 2003
This report explores the insights and experiences of activists who build strong constituencies to reform public schools. It presents data from a 2-year study involving the seven primary constituency and coalition building grantees of the Ford Foundation's Constituency Building for Public School Reform Initiative. Data were collected from 14…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement
Schofield, Dee – 1975
The intent of this paper is to come to terms with some of the philosophical issues raised by community involvement in the education power structure. The literature reviewed identifies some of the underlying assumptions and explores some implications of increased citizen involvement for both educators and the society they serve. Two modes of…
Descriptors: Centralization, Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Consumer Economics
Allen, Dwight W. – 1992
This book advances a program for national educational reform by arguing that the nation already has a national curriculum by default, which is based on advance placement examinations, textbook publishers, and college admissions requirements that must be replaced by national goals that preserve local control through national coordination of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Involvement, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Moyer, Frank H. – 1980
This paper examines the policy-making function of the board of education as it is viewed in the educational literature. It begins by looking at several definitions of policy and suggests that policy is a statement of expressed philosophy, value orientation, and general direction. It examines the question of why written policies are necessary and…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Citizen Participation
Simpkins, W. S. – 1981
Australian school administration, according to the author of this bibliography, is currently moving away from a traditional, centralized structure and toward structures calling for the participation of subordinates or outsiders. The journal articles and books catalogued in this document treat several of the ramifications of these changes in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Community Involvement
