Challenging the One Best System - Katrina E. Bulkley, Julie A. Marsh, Katharine O. Strunk, Douglas N. Harris, Ayesha K. Hashim

Challenging the One Best System

The Portfolio Management Model and Urban School Governance
Buch | Hardcover
312 Seiten
2020
Harvard Educational Publishing Group (Verlag)
978-1-68253-571-4 (ISBN)
82,30 inkl. MwSt
Offers a rich comparative analysis of the set of urban education governance reforms collectively known as the ‘portfolio management model’. The book investigates the degree to which this model - a system of schools operating under different governance and with different degrees of autonomy - challenges the standard structure of district governance.
In Challenging the One Best System, a team of leading education scholars offers a rich comparative analysis of the set of urban education governance reforms collectively known as the 'portfolio management model.' They investigate the degree to which this model-a system of schools operating under different types of governance and with different degrees of autonomy-challenges the standard structure of district governance famously characterized by David Tyack as 'the one best system.'

The authors examine the design and enactment of the portfolio management model in three major cities: New Orleans, Los Angeles, and Denver. They identify the five interlocking mechanisms at the core of the model-planning and oversight, choice, autonomy, human capital, and school supports-and show how these are implemented differently in each city. Using rich qualitative data from extensive interviews, the authors trace the internal tensions and tradeoffs that characterize these systems and highlight the influence of historical and contextual factors as well. Most importantly, they question whether the portfolio management model represents a fundamental restructuring of education governance or more incremental change, and whether it points in the direction of meaningful improvement in school practices.

Drawing on a rigorous, multimethod study, Challenging the One Best System represents a significant contribution to our understanding of system-level change in education.

Katrina E. Bulkley is professor of educational leadership at Montclair State University. Julie A. Marsh is a professor of education policy at the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California and faculty director of Policy Analysis for California Education. Katharine O. Strunk is a professor of education policy and, by courtesy, economics and the Clifford E. Erickson Distinguished Chair in Education at Michigan State University. Douglas N. Harris is professor and chair of the Department of Economics and the Schlieder Foundation Chair in Public Education at Tulane University. Ayesha K. Hashim is assistant professor of policy, leadership, and school improvement at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Education.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Education Politics and Policy
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 228 mm
Gewicht 545 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Allgemeines / Lexika
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufspädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Bildungstheorie
ISBN-10 1-68253-571-1 / 1682535711
ISBN-13 978-1-68253-571-4 / 9781682535714
Zustand Neuware
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