School Boards, the Community, and School Desegregation.

Reed, Rodney J.

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Publication Date: 1982-Dec

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School Boards, the Community, and School Desegregation.

Reed, Rodney J.

Journal of Black Studies, v13 n2 p189-206 Dec 1982

Criticizes school boards as unresponsive to and unrepresentative of the communities they are expected to serve. Analyzes community demand for and board responses to school desegregation in Berkeley, California and Boston, Massachusetts. Suggests that school boards have not met parents' demands for quality education through school desegregation. (Author/MJL)

Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Political Influences, School Community Relationship, School Desegregation, School District Autonomy

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California (Berkeley); Massachusetts (Boston)

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