An Empirical Study on the Education Board Reform and its Impact on Local Education Policy

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24730669
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Educaion
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: MURAKAMI YUSUKE 東京大学, 教育学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (00423434)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 教育委員会制度 / 教育行政 / 教育政策 / 首長 / 教育長 / 行政委員会制度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research examines the educational board reform in Japan in 2014. The major findings of the study are summarized as below.
(1)The questionnaire survey of mayors and superintendents in 2013 revealed that more than half of the mayors and almost all superintendents opposed the abolishment of the education board system. (2)Compared to 2004, mayor’s evaluations of the actual state of the education board were improved in 2013. 70% of the mayors highly evaluated the condition of the education board in their local government in 2013.(3)This study examines arguments of the reform and the new system from a standpoint of the study of education policy. After the local education law revision, the conditions of the local education administration has been varied and widen the gap among local governments.

Free Research Field

教育行政学