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School Superintendents' Attitudes Toward Community Participation: Advisement Versus Control
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Talmage, Harriet; Ornstein, Allan C. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1976
Examines superintendents' attitudes toward community participation at the advisory and control levels in four areas of educational policy-making. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Control, Community Involvement, Decision Making
Can We Get Back What We've Lost... Parent Power in Our Schools?
Lane, Laura – Countryside Living, 1974
The article describes the processes that caused parents to lose control of their school systems, and gives 2 questionnaires that rate school boards and parents for their effectiveness in their systems. (KM)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Community Control, Educational Assessment, Parent Participation
The Relationship Between Inner Versus Outer Locus of Control and Achievement in Black Middle School Children (5th through 8th Grade): A Psychometric and Validity Study.
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Guttentag, Marcia – 1972
In order to study the effects of community control in schools on expectancies in black fifth through eighth grade children, five major categories of expectancy were of interest: internal control, group pride, success expectancies, self-esteem, and school attitudes. Focus was on the relationship between inner versus outer locus of control and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Blacks, Community Control
The "Politics" of Day Care.
Prescott, Elizabeth; Jones, Elizabeth – 1972
A study examining various pertinent aspects of child day care is presented. Two questions are focused upon: (1) How does a community get group day care?, and (2) Once day care is obtained, how can the community regulate its quality? Also included in this study is an exploratory look at the clientele of day care centers--parents and their…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Child Care, Community Control, Data Collection
School-Site Decision Making in Multicultural Education: An Australian Perspective.
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Kennedy, Kerry J. – 1984
This paper reports the results of a study of the implementation of multicultural education policy initiatives in Australia. An outline of the study's methods follows brief discussions of the emergence of multicultural education as a policy issue and the context of multicultural education in Australia. To assess the impact of multicultural…
Descriptors: Community Control, Cultural Context, Decision Making, Educational Policy
Rural Districts in Crisis: When a Community Is Divided.
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Glascock, Catherine H. – 1998
One of the results of rural school district consolidation has been the potential for schisms that develop among the divergent populations with distinct traditions, culture, and customs. This paper presents research on an Appalachian school district that remains in cultural turmoil after 25 years of consolidation. The population of the three…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Control, Community Relations
Parent Participation in Decision-Making as Perceived by Parents, Teachers, Principals, and Board Members. A Summary Report.
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White, J. Ross – 1983
This paper presents the major findings from a survey on parent participation in decision-making that was distributed to school administrators, trustees, and a random selection of teachers and parents at School District #68 in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The study was designed to explore means of facilitating partnership between parents and schools…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Control, Community Cooperation, Community Surveys