Balancing Local Control and State Responsibility for K-12 Education

Part 1 Introduction; Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview: Balancing Local Control and State Responsibility for K-12 Education, Neil D.Theobald, JeffreyBardzell; Part 2 Framework for Understanding Local Control of Schools; Chapter 2 Political Philosophy and the Balance Between Central and Local Control of Schools, BarryBull; Chapter 3 The Limits of Standardization and the Importance of Constituencies: Historical Tensions in the Relationship Between State Authority and Local Control, NancyBeadie; Chapter 4 Recent Litigation and its Impact on the State-Local Power Balance: Liberty and Equity in Governance, Litigation, and the School Finance Policy Debate, JohnDayton; Part 3 State Activism in the Late Twentieth Century; Chapter 5 Converging Forces: Understanding the Growth of State Authority Over Education, Frances C.Fowler; Chapter 6 State Politics and School Reform: The First Decade of the "Education Excellence" Movement 12 This chapter was originally presented as a paper to an AERA symposium in New Orleans on April 7, 1994. In a reduced version it later was published as "State Policymaking and School Reform: Influences and Influentials" in the 1994 Politics of Education Association Yearbook. It is appearing here with the permission of Taylor & Francis Ltd., Tim L.Mazzoni; Part 4 Local Autonomy in the Late Twentieth Century; Creating "A New Set of Givens"? The Impact of State Activism on School Autonomy 13 The phrase "creating a new set of givens" was coined by Tim Mazzoni in a telephone conversation about this chapter. We are grateful to Patricia Marin, who diligently tracked, secured and organized much of the literature we read to prepare this chapter. We thank Ed Andrews, Sydney Farivar, Barbara Finkelstein, Frances Fowler, Tim Mazzoni, Lise Reilly, and Jennifer Rice for their helpful comments on earlier versions of this chapter., BettyMalen, DonnaMuncey; Chapter 8 Salvaging Fiscal Control: New Sources of Local Revenue for Public Schools, Michael F.Addonizio; Chapter 9 Organizational Boundaries, Authority, and School District Organization, PatrickGalvin; Part 5 Conclusion; Chapter 10 Achieving a "Just Balance" Between Local Control of Schools and State Responsibility for K-12 Education: Summary Observations and Research Agendas 53 We thank Sharon Conley, Tim Mazzoni, Donna Muncey, Robert Michael, and Jennifer King Rice for their feedback on an earlier version of this chapter., BettyMalen, NeilTheobald, JeffreyBardzell;