Previous articleNext article No AccessNicaragua's Experiment to Decentralize Schools: Contrasting Views of Parents, Teachers, and DirectorsMagdalena Rivarola and Bruce FullerMagdalena Rivarola Search for more articles by this author and Bruce Fuller Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Comparative Education Review Volume 43, Number 4Nov., 1999 Sponsored by the Comparative and International Education Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/447581 Views: 9Total views on this site Citations: 24Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1999 The Comparative and International Education SocietyPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Vanessa Castro Cardenal, José Ramón Laguna The Education System of Nicaragua, (Jan 2022): 791–823.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41651-5_40Vanessa Castro Cardenal, José Ramón Laguna Nicaraguan Education System, (Dec 2020): 1–33.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93443-3_40-1Mikiko Nishimura Community participation in school governance: The Maasai community in Kenya, PROSPECTS 47, no.44 (Nov 2018): 393–412.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-018-9439-8Linda English A Hard Day’s Night: Provision of Public Evening Schools in the United States, 1870–1910, (Jan 2019): 137–165.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11313-1_9D. 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