Student-Based Budgeting as a Mechanism for Promoting Democratic Decision Making: Testing the Theory of Action

Autor/inn/en	Sinclair, Kristin; Malen, Betty
Titel	Student-Based Budgeting as a Mechanism for Promoting Democratic Decision Making: Testing the Theory of Action
Quelle	(2016), (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Budgeting; Participative Decision Making; Public Schools; Educational Finance; Public School Teachers; Parents; Parent Participation; Teacher Participation; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Bildungsfonds; Eltern; Elternmitwirkung
Abstract	This paper uses micropolitical perspectives to analyze the ability of a prominent but under-studied reform, student based budgeting (SBB), to substantially engage teachers and parents in decision-making processes at the school level. We test this particular strand of SBB's theory of action on an in-depth study of a "critical case" of schools in Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) that received an influx of funds under SBB and were directed to engage teachers and parents in decision-making processes. Our findings suggest that SBB, as implemented in PGCPS, is a weak tool for democratizing decision-making and that changes to structural and normative conditions at schools may also be necessary in order to engender meaningful teacher and parent involvement. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01