The Tensions Between Shared Governance and Advancing Educational Equity
Department
Teaching, Learning, and Educational Leadership
Department Name When Scholarship Produced
Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2017
Abstract
This article examines the relationship between shared governance and one school district’s (in)ability to advance educational equity. Specifically, we consider the district’s policies, discourse, and practice around equity within the context of site-based management and shared decision making. We suggest that if equity is indeed a major district responsibility, then it seems inconsistent to leave equity at the mercy of shared governance and occasional externally-imposed mandates because most individual school leaders and educators are not currently taking up this agenda or implementing changes that would result in equitable education. Thus, our work suggests that progress toward educational equity may best be achieved through top-down, directive leadership in districts.
Recommended Citation
Castagno, A. E., & Hausman, C. (2017). The Tensions Between Shared Governance and Advancing Educational Equity. The Urban Review, 49(1), 96-111. doi:10.1007/s11256-016-0383-8
Journal Title
Urban Review
