Why choose local control?
In the LMU Partnership, greater school site autonomy will have a simple, clear organizing purpose: to create classrooms and schools filled with powerful teaching and learning. This reform is about freeing school communities from a bureaucracy detached from the everyday needs of the students and allowing those who know the students best to personalize education for all students while holding all stakeholders to ever higher expectations of success.
Other Models of Autonomy
Because the iDivision is a new model for school management and governance in the Los Angeles Unified School District , there are no school-level results to review at this time. However, this school-based decision-making model, with the autonomies outlined within it is similar to several other models throughout public education in the United States , one of which is already being implemented in LAUSD.
Pilot Schools – Boston and Los Angeles
The iDivision model is similar to the approach adopted by the Boston Pilot Schools, in which public schools are given autonomy over budget, staffing, professional development, curriculum and assessment, and given the flexibility to develop governance models that fit the school community.
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The Boston Pilot Schools, while serving student populations representative of the entire district, are outperforming or doing as well as, other Boston Public Schools.
The Pilot School Model is currently being implemented in Los Angeles Unified School District in the Belmont Zone of Choice.
Renaissance 2010 – Chicago
The Renaissance 2010 Schools program in Chicago is creating 100 new schools with autonomy and a 5-year contract with the district. For more information on the Renaissance Schools in Chicago, click here. visit www.ren2010.cps.k12.il.us
Empowerment Schools – New York City
The New York City Board of Education launched the Empowerment Schools, which offers greater school-site autonomy combined with heightened school-level accountability for results.
Empowerment Schools are given decision making authority over areas like budget, educational program, school leadership team make-up, and professional development choices. These schools remain public schools that still provide services to all students (including English Language Learners and Special Education students). Click here for more information on New York City's Empowerment Schools