CONTROL OF EDUCATION
State controlled education is where the state of federal influences the structure, operation, and academic programs of public schools. On the other hand, the local control education is where the local leaders, institutions, or governing bodies can make independent decisions regarding management and operation of public schools. The goodness of the school is dependent on the administration and control of that given school among other factors. Over the years, state controlled schools have been seen to underperformed compared to their privately controlled and locally controlled counterparts. As a result, there have been numerous debates on whether the state should delegate the matters of control of schools and education or not.
Before we can make our argument on who should take control of education issues, we would perhaps try to understand the form of each type of education. To start with, local control education can take the following forms; Regional school boards and committees - whose membership is allotted according to the community population, school-based governance, municipal school board and regional school union is a confederation (Hadderman, 1988). For …show more content…
Neil (2000) records that the main point of argument by state officials as to why the state should take control education is accountability and corruption. Calls for accountability and incidences of waste have taken the center stage in the recent past. Currently all states in the United States have a hand in the control of education. 48 states mandate statewide academic standards, 39 states mandate statewide testing and 23 states have legislations allowing the state to have control of education (Neil, 2000). Ironically however, the state have also shown some failures as the education have now been used as a campaign tool by state
State controlled education is where the state of federal influences the structure, operation, and academic programs of public schools. On the other hand, the local control education is where the local leaders, institutions, or governing bodies can make independent decisions regarding management and operation of public schools. The goodness of the school is dependent on the administration and control of that given school among other factors. Over the years, state controlled schools have been seen to underperformed compared to their privately controlled and locally controlled counterparts. As a result, there have been numerous debates on whether the state should delegate the matters of control of schools and education or not.
Before we can make our argument on who should take control of education issues, we would perhaps try to understand the form of each type of education. To start with, local control education can take the following forms; Regional school boards and committees - whose membership is allotted according to the community population, school-based governance, municipal school board and regional school union is a confederation (Hadderman, 1988). For …show more content…
Neil (2000) records that the main point of argument by state officials as to why the state should take control education is accountability and corruption. Calls for accountability and incidences of waste have taken the center stage in the recent past. Currently all states in the United States have a hand in the control of education. 48 states mandate statewide academic standards, 39 states mandate statewide testing and 23 states have legislations allowing the state to have control of education (Neil, 2000). Ironically however, the state have also shown some failures as the education have now been used as a campaign tool by state