Regarding the processes in school democratization

"Regarding the processes in school democratization" describes several aspec ts of developing democratization processes on an empirical basis of surveys in St. Petersburg schools. The paper centers at real participation of vari ous population groups (teachers, officials, parents, students) in administe ring school operation with the aim of bringing about conditions for new for ms of social controls, wider rights of teachers for their creative educatio nal activities, students rights observation, etc. It is concluded that cert ain new democratic developments did not yet take shape in any socially mean ingful sense, and public bodies did not so far develop their potential in t he school.