Decentralizing Governance: A Policy Analysis of Partnerships Between Teachers and Parents in Morocco’s Middle Schools

• In Event: Issues of Parental Involvement in an International Context

Abstract

Parent-school partnerships have had little success in Morocco’s public schools. Nonetheless, policy makers, at the national and international level, continue to advocate the crucial role of parent-school partnership as a means for school reform. Grounded in Kingdon’s multiple streams model (2003), this study examines political consensus as it applies to parent-teacher partnership in Morocco’s middle schools. A survey was used to analyze consensus between parents, teachers, and the government regarding middle school problems and their solutions. This study also uses Mohr’s and Spekman’s model (1994) for successful partnerships to understand the extent to which parents’ representatives and teachers exhibit attributes, communication behaviors, and problem solving techniques which characterize successful partners.

Author

• Mohammed Elmeski, University of Minnesota