The Chicago Experiment [electronic resource] : Enhanced Democratic Participation as a Lever for School Improvement / Anthony S. Bryk and Sharon G. Rollow.

In December 1988 the Illinois State legislature passed the Chicago School Reform Act, which sought to replace traditional bureaucratic control of the schools with a complex system of decision making by local schools. The act promotes three distinct sites of power in school communities: (1) parent-do...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Bryk, Anthony S.
Corporate Author:	Wisconsin Center for Education Research. Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools
Other Authors:	Rollow, Sharon
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1992.
Subjects:	Decentralization. Educational Change. Educational Improvement. Elementary Secondary Education. Participative Decision Making. Politics of Education. School Based Management. School Restructuring.