With state takeovers and the growth of charter-management organizations without local boards, "decisions about local schools are now being made in a nondemocratic way by people far from the community, who are responding to market incentives that may not be well-aligned with the interests of the most vulnerable children in the community," Mr. Welner said.
Thursday, January 9, 2014
District governance in a democracy
I was glad to see, in this EdWeek article regarding changing models of district governance, this note of caution sounded:
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Authoritarianism actually. From Arne Duncan all the way down to the states.
Duncan's getting involved, as I'm sure you saw, Jim, in Mayor DeBlasio's selection of a new commissioner is particularly concerning. Bad enough that New York City has no democratic representation in how its schools are run; for D.C. to get involved is really beyond the pale.
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