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Publication Date: 1992
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Devolution of Responsibility to Queensland Schools: Clarifying the Rhetoric, Critiquing the Reality.
Burke, Clarrie
Journal of Educational Administration, v30 n4 p33-52 1992
Examines the emergence and early implementation stages of Queensland (Australia) Education Department's policy for devolving responsibility to state schools. Clarifies the department's rhetoric in developing and promoting its decentralization policy; examines policy efficacy at the "school face" level; explores possible policy outcomes, impediments, and implementation prerequisites; and considers teacher training implications. (22 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decentralization, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Participative Decision Making, Program Implementation, School Based Management, School District Autonomy, State Departments of Education, State School District Relationship, Teacher Education, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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