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Download full textVineyard, William E. – 1970
The pronounced need for community support and involvement in school affairs is evident throughout the nation. This need is especially acute in situations where cultural and economic differences exist between the school and the parents. Study of school boards can locate some of the correlates that articulate and enhance the Indian parents' and the…
Descriptors: American Indians, Boards of Education, Community Control, Cultural Differences
Isherwood, Geoffrey B. – Education Canada, 1997
Effective strategies for assisting Canadian Native communities to develop school boards included encouraging an unhurried adaptive learning process, providing guidance to achieve consensus, and allowing for an incubation period. Impediments to development included community members' avoidance of leadership roles, cross-cultural misunderstandings,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Boards of Education, Canada Natives, Change Strategies
