OECD Education Working Papers No. 113 Reforming Education Governance Through Local Capacity-building: A Case Marius R. Busemeyer, Study of the “Learning Janis Vossiek Locally” Programme in Germany https://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5js6bhl2mxjg-en Unclassified EDU/WKP(2015)2 Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 09-Feb-2015 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________ English - Or. English DIRECTORATE FOR EDUCATION AND SKILLS Unclassified EDU/WKP(2015)2 Cancels & replaces the same document of 30 January 2015 REFORMING EDUCATION GOVERNANCE THROUGH LOCAL CAPACITY-BUILDING: A CASE STUDY OF THE "Learning Locally" PROGRAMME IN GERMANY Education Working Paper No. 113 by Marius Busemeyer and Janis Vossiek, University of Konstanz This working paper has been authorised by Andreas Schleicher, Director of the Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD. 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EDU/WKP(2015)2 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................. 8 Key findings ................................................................................................................................................. 8 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................................ 9 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 10 Research questions and theoretical approach ............................................................................................. 11 Methodology .............................................................................................................................................. 13 CHAPTER 2: EDUCATION IN GERMANY: CONTEXT AND GOVERNANCE ................................... 15 The socio-economic and legal context of education policy-making in German federalism ...................... 15 The PISA shock and the development of regional perspectives in education governance ........................ 17 Summary .................................................................................................................................................... 20 CHAPTER 3: THE CASE STUDY: THE PROGRAMME “LERNEN VOR ORT” ................................... 21 Design and goals of LvO ........................................................................................................................... 21 History of LvO ........................................................................................................................................... 24 Promoting capacity-building from the centre ............................................................................................ 26 Promoting stakeholder involvement and networking ................................................................................ 27 Success factors and deficiencies from the perspective of federal actors ................................................... 28 Current and future developments ............................................................................................................... 29 The public perception of LvO .................................................................................................................... 30 CHAPTER 4: PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL: FIVE CASE STUDIES ............................................................................................................................................... 31 Socio-economic and political background conditions ............................................................................... 31 Governance structures and stakeholder inclusion in a comparative perspective ....................................... 33 Perceptions of LvO in five selected districts and cities ............................................................................. 36 CHAPTER 5: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION ............................................................ 44 Governance structures ................................................................................................................................ 45 Political support and leadership ................................................................................................................. 46 Educational monitoring and management .................................................................................................. 46 Cooperation with civil society ................................................................................................................... 48 Sustainability ............................................................................................................................................. 49 CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSIONS, BROADER LESSONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................ 51 Political support and leadership ................................................................................................................. 52 Sustainability ............................................................................................................................................. 52 Use of knowledge ...................................................................................................................................... 53 Growing disparities between municipalities .............................................................................................. 54 Recommendations ...................................................................................................................................... 54 2 EDU/WKP(2015)2 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................................. 56 APPENDICES: LIST OF RESPONDENTS ................................................................................................. 65 ANNEX A: LIST OF INTERVIEWEES ...................................................................................................... 65 ANNEX B: INTERVIEWEE GUIDE ........................................................................................................... 71 ANNEX C: RESULTS FROM MEDIA ANALYSIS ................................................................................... 74 ANNEX D: ADDITIONAL DATA ON INDIVIDUAL CASES. ................................................................ 75 ANNEX E: MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FIVE LOCAL CASE STUDIES ................... 76 Tables Table 2.1: Information on the demographic, social and economic background in the German states ....... 16 Table 4.1 Basic information on the five studied communes ...................................................................... 31 Table 4.2 Composition of governance bodies in five cases and working groups ...................................... 35 Table 5.1: Most important takeaways from individual case studies. ......................................................... 44 Figures Figure 2.1: The basic structure of the German administrative system ....................................................... 17 Figure 3.1: Map of districts and cities that participate in LvO .................................................................. 22 Figure 3.2: The governance structure of LvO. ........................................................................................... 24 Figure 4.1. Optional affiliations of LvO with local administration ........................................................... 34 Figure 4.2: Model of local LvO-governance structures ............................................................................. 34 Figure A1: Media analysis of public perception of LvO ........................................................................... 74 3 EDU/WKP(2015)2 OECD EDUCATION WORKING PAPERS SERIES OECD Working Papers should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its member countries. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein are those of the author(s). Working Papers describe preliminary results or research in progress by the author(s) and are published to stimulate discussion on a broad range of issues on which the OECD works. Comments on Working Papers are welcome, and may be sent to the Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD, 2 rue André-Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France. 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