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Centralization and Decentralization of Large Public School Districts.
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Ornstein, Allan C. – Urban Education, 1989
A ratio comparing the number of administrators in central offices with those outside central offices was used nationwide in 1988 to assess decentralization in large school districts. Sixteen of 62 districts were decentralized. The same survey in 1980 revealed 39 of 65 districts were decentralized. Decentralization is decreasing as an…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education