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November 5, 2007
Different kinds accountability in schools
I know it seems like we've abandoned the policy blog, but I hope you'll bear with us. I'm going to be posting on here more frequently in the coming weeks.
For the time being, check out Peter Levine's post on school accountability.
Levine calls for more "social accountability" in schools, in the form of direct citizen involvement in monitoring school budgets and administration. I'm intrigued by the notion but not sure how it might work. What information do people need to monitor their schools? Is that information available now, and is it available in an understandable format? What do parents and students and other community members want to know in order to judge their schools?
The Citizens League has done a little bit of work on this topic, as a part of our MAP 150 property tax facts project. We met with citizens around the state and learned from them what information they needed to make decisions about whether or not to support school referenda in their communities - and then we gathered that information in one easy-to-use website. Click here to check it out.)
Posted by Victoria Ford at November 5, 2007 12:51 PM