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Peer reviewedPartington, J. A. – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 1975
Since 1967, a series of legal actions initiated by parents and ratepayers has led to a major revision of part of the Education Act of 1944 and to judicial reinterpretation of other sections of it. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Community Control, Court Litigation, Parent Participation, School Organization
Long, David C.; And Others – 1977
Faced with a legal mandate to equalize educational resources available to its public elementary schools, can the Board of Education of the District of Columbia respond effectively to the public pressure for decentralization of its decision-making systems? The answer may be determined through the responses to two further questions: to what extent…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Citizen Participation, Community Control
