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Wachtel, Betsy; Powers, Brian – 1979
This volume attempts to document ways in which several communities have dealt with the problems of declining school enrollments. Each case study outlines some type of public participation in the task of adjusting to population changes and fiscal pressures. The first chapter supplies an introductory overview of issues related to declining…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Bus Transportation, Case Studies, Citizen Participation
Newitt, Jane, Ed. – 1979
These essays deal explicitly with the future of the public schools and implicitly with the problem of making responsible predictions. Following an introduction by Herman Kahn, the first two essays deal with the social and social policy context of the schools. B. Bruce-Briggs contrasts alternative long-term and current cultural trends. Jane Newitt,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Bureaucracy, Citizen Participation
