On the Value of Local Control: Place and Educational Governance

Kathleen Knight-Abowitz gives the Presidential Address, the Value of Local Control: Place and Educational Governance delivered at the Philosophy of Education Society Annual meeting. This session is introduced by Sarah Stitzlein. Two paper responses are delivered by Clarence Joldersma and Campbell Scribner respectively.

For more writing by Kathleen:

For more work by Kathleen:

Knight-Abowitz, Kathleen and Dustin Hornbeck (2025). “The right to invite and the right to decline: Parental rights in public schools,” Theory and Research in Education 23 (2), 1-21. ⁠https://doi.org/10.1177/14778785251351377⁠

Knight-Abowitz, Kathleen (2025). “Serving on a school board, 2019-2023: Strengths and vulnerabilities of a democratic institution,” AERA Open 11 (1), 1-17. ⁠https://doi.org/10.1177/233285842513238⁠

For Sarah and Kathleen’s co-authored writing:

https://kappanonline.org/abowitz-stitzlein-public-schools-public-goods-and-public-work/

https://kappanonline.org/telling-new-stories-about-schools-reframing-narrative-shared-responsibilities-stitzlein-abowitz/

For more of Campbell’s writing:

The Fight For Local Control: Schools, Suburbs, and American Democracy (Cornell, 2016)

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501700804/the-fight-for-local-control/

A is for Arson: A History of Vandalism in American Education (Cornell, 2023)

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501770722/a-is-for-arson/