However, I'm less convinced than you are about the structural organization or governance of schools as the answer to educational improvement. (educationnext.org)
If the adequacy - cum - equity advocates succeed — wedding centralization and judicialization in a regime of a federally guaranteed right to education and federally prescribed school spending — transformation of the traditionally local and democratic governance of schools in the United States, already far advanced, will be complete. (educationnext.org)
As school boards develop policies on hiring teachers and participate in an important part of democratic governance of school systems, the right choice is to insist on high standards for the preparation of educators. (nsba.org)