Should Communities Be Managing, Governing or Supporting Schools? A Review Essay on the System Conditions under Which Different Forms of Community Voice Can Improve Student Learning

Author(s): Silberstein, Jason

Publisher(s): RISE

Date: 2023

Pages: 36 p.

Serie: RISE Working Paper Series

Series Volume: 23/141

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There are many different potential roles that parents and communities can play within education systems. This essay reviews the different ways that parents and communities can exercise their individual and collective voice within local schools. It develops a typology to distinguish between three different forms of voice, and explores the enabling conditions in the wider system that each form of voice requires to improve student learning outcomes. 

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