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Finding the Right Balance - v.1. (Finding the Right Balance: Freedom, Autonomy and Accountabil)
Finding the Right Balance v1 - Finding the Right Balance: Freedom, Autonomy and Accountabil Author:Charles Glenn This book provides comparative information on how 28 national educational systems handle the tension between two major vectors of school reform: on the one hand, and emphasis on high common standards for the content and quality of education; on the other an emphasis upon school level decision making and consequent diversity among schools. How do... more »es educational freedom, in its various aspects, guide national policies? How do non-governmental schools deal with legal requirements for accountability, personnel policy, admissions criteria for pupils, curriculum and pedagogy? This book is the first of a two volume study which presents the first systematic account of how different systems throughout the world have sought to meet this challenge. Finding the Right Balance, Volume I will be of great interest to policymakers and specialists in educational law policy and administration.« less