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Peer reviewedBoyd, William Lowe – Education and Urban Society, 1979
This article discusses the impact that declining school enrollments have had on changes in school politics. (EB)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Curriculum Development, Declining Enrollment, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedBoyd, William Lowe – Education and Urban Society, 1979
Data from a study of eight Chicago suburban elementary school districts are used in this paper to assess the impact that declining enrollments and funds have had on the educational policies of suburban school districts. (Author/EB)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Declining Enrollment, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Peer reviewedBoyd, William Lowe; Wheaton, Dennis R. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1983
Professional literature about managing conflicts associated with declining enrollments indicates the existing tension in this area. A research study shows that, while upper-middle class districts may succeed using a rational approach to decision making, lower class districts, for various reasons, may not. Special problems of urban districts are…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Declining Enrollment
Download full textBoyd, William Lowe – 1982
A longitudinal, comparative case study examines the impact of enrollment decline on and the response to it by 15 suburban school districts in 2 metropolitan areas. Data were collected during 1978-81 through interviews, observation of public meetings, documentary and statistical sources, and case histories developed for each district from 1964-81.…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Budgeting, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
