Mobs are really frightening. But is development toward participatory democracy in general simply motivated by fear - representing merely a series of propitiatory acts by such as school boards? Charles and Evelyn Lusthaus show how a number of parents reacted to being involved in a well-planned process of decision, applied by one Montreal school board to proposals for closure of altogether 27 of its schools (of which ultimately 12 remained open). Their differences in opinion about the results, between those who "won" and those who "lost" these decisions, were understandably marked. But about the merits of the process itself their differences were not strong; and it is interesting that the degree of their involvement in sch...
This paper uses Foucaultian theory of governmentality as a conceptual lens to view school closings i...
Parent participation has a positive impact on the child, the parents, and the school, but school pri...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-128).This study focuses on a narrative of a local school...
grantor: University of TorontoThis study investigated the response, in one school communit...
How can multifaceted parents'voices be heard by schools ? Each parent has special demands concerning...
One thing far from settled in public education systems is the role parents and citizens may play in ...
As the government saw this new school structure as an instrument to improve the democratic process o...
The inclusion of school councils in family-school partnerships frameworks and the widespread applica...
Original title: Ouders bij de les. The government is increasingly withdrawing from playing a for...
This article provides evidence that schools can influence parents' involvement in education, and thi...
Master of EducationParents are being expected, more and more, to participate on school councils and ...
The experiences of British Columbia and Ontario elementary and secondary school parents with their s...
grantor: University of TorontoSince the early 1990s, public attention in Ontario has focus...
In an effort to reform and restructure schools in New York State, the Commissioner of Education, Tho...
The public intervening of pupils' parents. Yves Dutercq [124-135] The delegates and representatives...
This paper uses Foucaultian theory of governmentality as a conceptual lens to view school closings i...
Parent participation has a positive impact on the child, the parents, and the school, but school pri...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-128).This study focuses on a narrative of a local school...
grantor: University of TorontoThis study investigated the response, in one school communit...
How can multifaceted parents'voices be heard by schools ? Each parent has special demands concerning...
One thing far from settled in public education systems is the role parents and citizens may play in ...
As the government saw this new school structure as an instrument to improve the democratic process o...
The inclusion of school councils in family-school partnerships frameworks and the widespread applica...
Original title: Ouders bij de les. The government is increasingly withdrawing from playing a for...
This article provides evidence that schools can influence parents' involvement in education, and thi...
Master of EducationParents are being expected, more and more, to participate on school councils and ...
The experiences of British Columbia and Ontario elementary and secondary school parents with their s...
grantor: University of TorontoSince the early 1990s, public attention in Ontario has focus...
In an effort to reform and restructure schools in New York State, the Commissioner of Education, Tho...
The public intervening of pupils' parents. Yves Dutercq [124-135] The delegates and representatives...
This paper uses Foucaultian theory of governmentality as a conceptual lens to view school closings i...
Parent participation has a positive impact on the child, the parents, and the school, but school pri...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-128).This study focuses on a narrative of a local school...