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Direct linkFord, Michael R.; Ihrke, Douglas M. – Urban Education, 2021
In this article, the authors use original survey data to test the determinants of priority conflict on urban school boards in the United States. The results indicate that school district demographics, including the percentage of English language learners and education spending per pupil, impact the extent to which urban school board members hold…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Boards of Education, Conflict, School Districts
Peer reviewedCuban, Larry – Urban Education, 1974
The design, implementation, and eventual failure of a system-wide, long-term comprehensive reform of the Washington, D.C. elementary and junior high schools to improve academic achievement among black students is explored in depth. The struggle for control over policy making and the opposition of teachers' unions and community groups were key…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Board Administrator Relationship, Community Control
Peer reviewedMcPherson, R. Bruce; And Others – Urban Education, 1986
An interview with an experienced, inner-city elementary school principal. Discusses forms of creative-insubordination, a practice by which local administrators disobey district orders for the good of the school. Weighs the advantages and dangers of discretionary decision-making. (KH)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Decision Making, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedBrown, Robert D.; And Others – Urban Education, 1985
School board members from a national sample read specially designed evaluation vignettes and responded to questions about informatyon needs and resources. Information needs and decision-making processes were found to vary depending upon such factors as importance of the decision, amount of conflict present, presence/absence of superintendent…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Decision Making
Peer reviewedOrnstein, 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
Peer reviewedTallerico, Marilyn – Urban Education, 1989
Little is known about the relationship between school boards and superintendents. Structured interviews in six districts revealed that behavioral inclinations of board members ranged from passive acquiescence to proactive supportiveness to restive vigilance. Superintendents' behaviors were "more controlling" and "less controlling." Respondents…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
Peer reviewedGreene, Kenneth R. – Urban Education, 1990
Examines whether New Jersey school board members follow the prescriptions of reformers and refer constituents with complaints to professional administrators, or act as elected representatives and respond to parents' and community groups' requests for help in dealing with teachers and administrators. Discusses factors influencing board members'…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
