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Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. Dept. of Research and Information Services. – 1973
This publication examines a number of key issues and recent trends related to the general topic of school finance. Chapter 1 reviews several significant court cases challenging state school finance systems, including San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, Robinson v. Cahill, and Serrano v. Priest. Chapter 2 describes major new…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Control, Court Litigation, Educational Finance
Polley, John W.; Lamitie, Robert E. – 1972
This chapter provides insights into the solution of financial and governance problems that face big city education. The report identifies recent developments affecting big city education such as metropolitanism, regionalism, full State financing, revenue sharing, and reform of property taxation. The authors discuss (1) recent court cases affecting…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Citizen Participation, Community Control
Download full textNational Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1969
The broad outlines of the recommendations for dealing with the urban school crisis presented by the National Educational Association (NEA) Task Force Project are: (1) decentralization and reorganization involving both parents and educators in decision making processes; (2) availability of medical and dental care; (3) individualized instruction;…
Descriptors: Community Control, Decentralization, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Disadvantaged Youth
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. Dept. of Research and Information Services. – 1975
This report examines various school finance issues raised by the California case of Serrano v. Priest. Chapter 1 focuses on the issue of local control; it discusses four methods of providing state aid to education in terms of how they affect local control of schools. Chapter 2 analyzes different remedies for inequitable distribution of funds and…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Services, Court Litigation, Educational Finance
Poster, John B. – 1972
The contraditions within the systems of school support and school policy-making make it difficult to find a manner of governance of the social studies program which is protected from extraneous influence and yet avoids creating a buffer between the schools and the democratic forces to which they are responsive. State and federal governments…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Civics, Community Control, Curriculum Problems
Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus. – 2003
Community schools were created in Ohio to provide additional educational options for children in low-performing schools and to develop innovative teaching and management techniques that may be transferable to traditional public schools. In 1997 the Ohio General Assembly required the Legislative Office of Education Oversight (LOEO) to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Charter Schools, Community Control
Getches, David H. – 1976
Due to Alaska's unique culture, geography and history there are various State and Federal laws affecting the education of Alaskan children, especially Native children. Under these laws, several kinds of school systems operate for rural Alaska communities--Bureau of Indian Affairs, Regional Education Attendance Areas, city and borough districts,…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Community Control
