Ed Law, Module 2. Discussion 1

SCHOOL GOVERNANCE: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

ãhools in the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Macao (China), the Netherlands and the United Kingdom enjoy the greatest autonomy while those in Greece, Jordan, Tunisia and Turkey are granted the least autonomy. In education systems where school principals hold greater responsibility for school governance, students score higher in science; and this relationship is stronger in school systems where the percentage of students whose achievement data are tracked over time and posted publicly is higher than the OECD average(OECD, 2016)

prepare:

Review this moduleàLearning Resources.

Review scholarly research to find information regarding school governance in the country you select to focus on for this Assignment. 

BY DAY 4 OF WEEK 2

• Post a comparison of school governance protocol between the United States and another country of your choice by addressing the following:
• What means exist for:

Ensuring that a stateïlocalityàschools have adequate resources?

Determining if a schoolàcurriculum, personnel, facilities, and instructional materials are adequate?

Determining if schools are performing satisfactorily?

Remedying deficiencies in schools

• OECD. (2016). School governance, assessment and accountability.Links to an external site. In PISA 2015 results (volume II): Policies and practices for successful schools. Paris: OECD Publishing. doi:10.1787/9789264267510-8-en. Retrieved from http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oe…

Campbell, C. (2012). What we stand for: School governance.Links to an external site. Retrieved from http://standleadershipcenter.org/what-we-stand-sch…

• Vitteriti, J. (2016). Why governance matters.Links to an external site. Retrieved from https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/…
• Education Law Association.Links to an external site. (n.d.). Retrieved March 14, 2017, from https://educationlaw.org/
  You do not need membership to take a look at most of the resources offered across the site. If anything of interest is listed and you cannot access it, do not worry now. You do not need to obtain membership for the course. You might want membership for your own purposes or needs.
• National Conference of State Legislatures.Links to an external site. (n.d.). Retrieved February 18, 2019, from http://www.ncsl.org/
  Membership to this site is free.
• The Public Library of Law.Links to an external site. (n.d.). Retrieved March 14, 2017, from http://www.plol.org/Pages/Search.aspx

Library of Congress. (2015). Guide to law online.Links to an external site. Retrieved from https://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide.php

• Document: Course Project Guidelines Download Course Project Guidelines(PDF)

Google Scholar.Links to an external site. (n.d.). Retrieved March 14, 2017, from https://scholar.google.com/Note: You can search Google Scholar for specific court cases of the U.S. Supreme Court and lower federal courts.

Duke Law. (2016). Legal research on the web.Links to an external site. Retrieved from https://law.duke.edu/lib/researchguides/intresearc…