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Three decentralization strategies in two decades: Chile 1981‐2000
Ernesto Schiefelbein, Paulina SchiefelbeinIn the past two decades, Chile has implemented three reform strategies that shaped its educational decentralization process, each motivated by different goals. In the 1980s…
The politics of the educational decentralization in Mexico
Carlos OrnelasIn May of 1992 the Mexican federal government transferred to the 31 states responsibility over basic and teacher education. This decentralization strategy was at the core of an…
Centralization, decentralization, recentralization ‐ Educational reform in China
John N. HawkinsChina’s educational leaders have long debated the pluses and minuses of decentralization of control and resources of China’s vast educational enterprise. During various periods of…
Deregulation and decentralization of education in Japan
Hiromitsu MutaJapan in the late nineteenth century centralized its institutions, including education, in order to catch up with the Western industrialized nations. However, in the late…
Colonial models and the evolution of education systems ‐ Centralization and decentralization in Hong Kong and Macau
Kwok‐Chun Tang, Mark BrayWithin the analytical framework proposed by Margaret Archer, this paper charts the emergence and development of education systems during the twentieth century in Hong Kong and…
Site‐based decision‐making leadership in American public schools
Flora Ida Ortiz, Rodney T. OgawaThis paper explores the increased complexity that school‐based management introduces between schools and their external environments, and considers how principals respond. The two…
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- Professor Chen Schechter
- Professor Jayson W. Richardson