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Decentralization at the Los Angeles unified school district.

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Sharon L. Segrest

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Article

Publication Date

2004

Abstract

The LAUSD is the largest school district in the State and is charged with the responsibility of educating over one-fifth of the children in California. Taken individually, each of the LAUSD's eleven local districts would rank in the top twenty in the State in terms of student population. The District is LA County's second largest employer, and with an annual operating and capital budget of over nine billion dollars, it brings together a diverse range of active and dynamic stakeholders. In 2000 the LAUSD found itself at a crossroads. In response to growing criticism and the threat of a State-mandated break-up due to the poor performance of their schools, the District created eleven mini-districts to improve accountability and take instructional programs closer to the people who use them. This paper provides background on the LAUSD's decentralization effort and power sharing aspects of the District's self-imposed break-up, and recommendations for addressing these issues are postulated.

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Abstract only. Full-text article is available only through licensed access provided by the publisher. Published in Management Research News, 27(6), 40-49. doi: 10.1108/01409170410784194

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MCB University Press

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