Bottom-Up Authority in School Organization: Implications for the School Administrator.

Cooper, Bruce S.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Bottom-Up Authority in School Organization: Implications for the School Administrator.

Cooper, Bruce S.

Education and Urban Society, v21 n4 p380-92 Aug 1989

Discusses school power structures. Cites the following examples of "bottom-up" authority: (1) vouchers; (2) magnet schools; and (3) open enrollment. Suggests a new model in which the larger school districts function as "holding companies" and individual schools function as "subsidiaries" of the parent company. (FMW)

Descriptors: Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Magnet Schools, Models, Open Enrollment, Parent Participation, Participative Decision Making, Power Structure, School Based Management, School District Autonomy, School Organization, Teacher Participation

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Audience: Policymakers

Language: English

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