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Community Control of Urban Schools: A Case Study of a White Middle Class School
Berlin, Barney M. – Education for the Disadvantaged Child, 1973
Deals with some problems in the operation of a school in a white middle-class Chicago community and the attempt by a segment of the community to influence the direction of their school. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Community Control, Educational Policy, Middle Class Parents, Models
Analysis of Local Stakeholder Opposition to School District Consolidation: An Application of Interpretive Theory to Public Policy Making.
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Ward, James G.; Rink, Francis J. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1992
In 1985, Illinois adopted state legislation supporting school district mergers. In one rural district studied, local opposition to consolidation was based on self-interest, ideologies of localism and traditionalism, and (to a lesser extent) research information. Implications for policymakers and the complexity of the "local control"…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Control, Consolidated Schools