Education Policy

Public participation in education refers to the ways parents, students, teachers and community members can take part in decisions about

Stakeholder consultation requirements are the rules that oblige education officials to seek input from people affected by a policy before

Policy making processes are the steps a government, agency or school board follows to decide what rules will govern schools

School board authority refers to the legal power that elected or appointed boards hold to govern local public schools. Most

Local school district powers are the legal authority that a school district holds to run its schools, typically exercised through

State or provincial education agencies are the government offices that run public schooling at the level between national authorities and

Education ministry responsibilities describe the duties a national government assigns to the department that oversees schooling across a country. Many

Decentralized education authority describes a system in which decisions about schools are spread across several levels of government rather than

Centralized education control describes a system in which a national or central government sets most of the rules that schools

Education governance structures describe the formal arrangements that decide who runs schools, who sets the rules, and who answers when