Thesis (Ph.D. (Curriculum Studies)) --University of Limpopo, 2013 / After the establishment of the first democratic government in South Africa in 1994, the Education Ministry started transforming the apartheid education system into the democratic education system aimed at achieving equity, redress and access to education. Amongst the policies developed, were South African Schools Act (Act No. 84 of 1996), National Norms and Standards for School Funding, Exemption of Parents from Payment of School Fees Regulations, Education Laws Amendment Act (Act No. 24 of 2005), Amended National Norms and Standards For School Funding, and No- Fee School Policy. In this study, I analysed how schools in Bolobedu cluster circuits of Mopani District implemented the No-Fee School policy regarding the use and management of school finances. Qualitative case study was used. Four schools, two primary and two secondary schools, were sampled. Three methods of data collection were used: interviews, document analysis (school records such as SGB minutes, finance policy, School Business Plan/School Development Plan, budgets, auditors’ reports, etc.) and observation. Interviews were conducted with school principals, teachers, parents and learners. The research findings indicate that the three SGBs have the capacity to practise good financial management in relation to the No-Fee school policy, although they still need to improve on some areas of responsibility. These SGBs demonstrated sound and good practice in the use and management of school finances. However, one SGB was struggling to practice good financial management responsibility. This school has the potential to improve its capacity to execute its financial responsibility if provided with support. Key words: South African Schools Act (SASA), National Norms and Standards for School Funding (NNSSF), Amended National Norms and Standards For School Funding (ANNSSF), No-Fee School Policy, Equity, Access and Redress, Use and management of school finances.

Orientador: Maria Elizabete Sampaio Prado Xavier / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T03:25:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Deitos_RobertoAntonio_D.pdf: 1448622 bytes, checksum: 41acd36304897cb0c1e813e922e5690c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: Neste trabalho analisamos as reformas educacionais nacionais empreendidas no Brasil, no período de 1995-2002, particularmente a política educacional nacional para o ensino médio e profissional, com financiamento externo do BID. No primeiro capítulo buscamos compreender o desenvolvimento econômico brasileiro, suas implicações na constituição do Estado e as suas articulações com o capital financeiro, como forma de apreender as relações que o constituíram historicamente. No segundo capítulo pretendemos compreender os pressupostos e justificativas dos nossos liberais, particularmente dos que dirigiam o governo no período de 1995-2002, para desembocar na discussão das implicações e dos desdobramentos gerados com a implementação da política educacional nacional para o ensino médio e profissional. Analisamos especialmente as diretrizes curriculares nacionais para o ensino médio e técnico-profissional e os programas nacionais: o PROEP - Programa de Expansão da Educação Profissional, dirigido pelo Ministério da Educação em conjunto com o Ministério do Trabalho e com empréstimo externo contraído junto ao BID no valor de 250 milhões de dólares e com contrapartida nacional de 250 milhões de dólares, totalizando 500 milhões de dólares, aprovado em novembro de 1997 e o PROMED - Programa de Melhoria e Expansão do Ensino Médio - Projeto Escola Jovem, dirigido pelo MEC, com recursos da ordem de 1 bilhão de dólares, sendo 500 milhões de dólares oriundos de empréstimo externo com o BID e a contrapartida nacional os outros 500 milhões de dólares, aprovado em novembro de 1999. No terceiro capítulo retomamos o exame das implicações do financiamento externo à educação brasileira, buscando compreendê-lo como um dos componentes dos ajustes estruturais impostos pelas agências financeiras internacionais (BID, Banco Mundial e FMI), e analisamos o financiamento externo para os programas PROEP e PROMED. Por fim, realizamos algumas considerações e questionamentos sobre as determinações da política educacional brasileira, ao examinarmos o como se sustentam e se consolidam as reformas empreendidas, verificando os motivos financeiros e institucionais e as razões econômicas e ideológicas que as engendram, sob a égide do capital financeiro e ancorado numa política estatal e privatizante, sustentada pelos nossos (neo)liberais / Abstract: In this paper we analyze the national education reforms undertaken in Brazil from 1995 to 2002, particularly the national education policies for secondary and professional teaching, with IDB external financing. In the first chapter we seek to understand the Brazilian economic development and its implications in the State constitution and its articulations with the financial capital, as a form of knowing the relationship that constituted it historically. In the second chapter, we intend to understand the presuppositions and liberal justifications, particularly of those who where in power from 1995 to 2002, to lead to the discussion of the implications and of the unfolding generated with the implementation of the national education policies for secondary and professional teaching, especially the national curricular guidelines for high school and technical-professional teaching and the following national programs: PROEP ¿ Program of Expansion of the Professional Education, regulated by the Ministry of Education jointly with the Labor Department and with an approximate 250 million dollars external loan acquired at IDB and with a 250 million dollars national compensation, totaled up 500 million dollars, approved in November of 1997, and PROMED ¿ Program of Improvement and Expansion of the Secondary Teaching - Project Young School, regulated by MEC (Education Ministry), with a 1 billion dollars resource, being 500 million dollars originated from an external loan with IDB and the national compensation and the other 500 million dollars approved in November of 1999. In the third chapter we retake the exam of the implications of the external financing to Brazilian education, looking for understanding it as one of the components of the structural adjustments imposed by the international financial agencies (IDB, World Bank and IMF), and analyze the external financing for the PROEP and PROMED programs. Finally, we accomplish some considerations and discussions about the determinations of the Brazilian educational policies while we examine how the reforms undertaken are sustained and consolidated, verifying the financial and institutional reasons and the economic and ideological reasons that engender them, under the protection of the financial capital and anchored in a state and privatizing policy, sustained by the (neo) liberals / Doutorado / Historia, Filosofia e Educação / Doutor em Educação

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In 2013 the California Legislation passed a new K-12 School accountability mandate. The Local Control Accountability Plan was sought to increase the educational equity for targeted student groups in addition to allowing school districts to mine a diverse set of local school data to develop goals in the 8 priority areas that speak to the needs of their local students. A requirement of the LCAP was that school districts include a diverse set of stakeholders to work in a collaborative manner to develop, critique, and refine local goals. Stakeholder groups are required to consist of district-level administrators, teachers, staff, students, parents, and community stakeholders. This qualitative study focused on the experiences and insights of district and community stakeholders as they participated in the development of LCAPs. To answer the questions and understand the experience of stakeholders interviews, document analysis, and observations were used. The results of the study revealed that while the intent of bringing a diverse set of stakeholders is noble there is a need to build trust amongst stakeholders. Findings also show the need to build community stakeholder understanding of the purpose, promises, and limits of the LCAP. The study revealed the need for school districts to examine and dismantle historic practices in order to fully embrace and implement the LCAP mandates.

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Recently, a great deal of interest has been generated around the role of principal and its effectiveness, especially its impact on improving teacher instruction and student learning. Waters, Marzano, and McNulty (2003) concluded that one quarter of all "school effects" on achievement can be attributed to principals. While there is general agreement on the principal's importance and affect, do we understand how principals have adapted to changes in schools with reduced resources and increased learning needs of students? How have principals made decisions in an environment where resources have been reduced over time? Given the stories of retired principals from high poverty elementary schools, the purpose of this narrative inquiry is to understand how principals made sense of their experience when having to respond to decreasing resources and the need for increased student achievement. Participants in the study included retired principals from high poverty elementary schools who were employed during the time period extending from 2008 through 2014. Findings from the study make sense of the meanings elementary principals have constructed and attached to the phenomena of decision -making in times of financial reduction in order to help other principals who have been challenged by similar circumstances. Three categories of leadership styles and seven skill areas emerged in the study. Principals made use of these styles and skills in their responses to the crisis.

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