Devolution and Control in Alberta
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Authors
Taylor, Alison
Date
2001
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journal article
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en
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educational change , Alberta , Canada , public schools
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A package of reforms to education designed to restructure the education system was introduced in the first three-year business plan for education in Alberta in 1994. Similar to other sites, the intention of the reforms was to increase community involvement and to make the system more efficient and accountable. Borrowing from policy writers, this paper traces the process associated with funding changes and the introduction of school-based management as part of the simultaneous centralization of control and devolution that began in 1994. Findings confirm that the cuts in education funding was a key driver in the restructuring, that centralizing changes overshadowed devolutionary reforms, and that there was more attention given to early phases in the policy process than to implementation and evaluation of outcomes.
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Taylor, A. (2001). Devolution and Control in Alberta. Encounters on Education 2, 71-89.
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Faculty of Education, Queen's University
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1494-4936;2