Abstract:
This comparative study on the educational governance systems
of South Africa and the Commonwealth of Kentucky examines
legal evidence from judicial decisions and administrative law to understand
similarities in how school-based governance structures have been
developed. We found that although school-level governance structures
may provide greater opportunities for community and parental participation,
each engenders a number of legal problems that compromise the
decentralization of democracy to the school level. Recommendations for
policymakers and practitioners are offered that may achieve this goal.
