School Boards: Moneyed Men Governing the Poor.

Hottleman, Girard D.

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ERIC Number: EJ077290

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Publication Date: 1973

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School Boards: Moneyed Men Governing the Poor

Hottleman, Girard D.

Wisconsin Journal of Education, 1, 6, 10-15, Mar 73

A study of 141 representative school boards shows that American schools attended primarily by the poor are governed primarily by upper middle class, propertied, moneyed, white, middle-aged Republican men. (DM)

Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Educational Finance, Educationally Disadvantaged, Political Power, School Surveys, Social Bias, Social Differences, Statistical Analysis

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