Right to Education and Decentralization /Choice in School Governance-comparative study of legal policy in Japan, the United States and Australia

我提出的研究课题旨在保障受教育权，并对日本、美国和澳大利亚的教育治理中的分权/选择进行比较政策研究。我的研究对象和地点是肯塔基州（美国）的基于学校的决策，维多利亚州和新南威尔士州（澳大利亚）的天主教学校和政府学校的选择，日本一些地方教育委员会的学校改革计划。从受教育权的法律形式上考虑肯塔基州和澳大利亚学校治理的政策和法律变化，因为每个地区的家长参与和私人选择等措施是不同的。与国外两个国家相比，日本的政策和选择计划的法制化程度较低，缺乏法律依据。

The topics of my proposed study is aim at securing the right to education and taking comparative policy research on decentralization / choice in educational governance in Japan, the United States and Australia.Targets and places which I took up for my research, were School Based Decision Making in Kentucky (US), Choice in Catholic School and Government School in Victoria and New South Wales (Australia), school reform plan in some Japanese local educational boards.Policies and legal changes in school governance of Kentucky and Australia are taken consideration in legal forms of the right to education, as the measures such as parents' participation and private choice are varied in each area. In contrast with two foreign countries, policy and choice plan in Japan have been less legalized and lack of the legal base.