Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ440497
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1991
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The New Jersey Takeover Legislation: Help or Hindrance to Improvement in Troubled School Districts.
Tewel, Kenneth J.
Urban Review, v23 n4 p217-29 Dec 1991
Traces the three-year period (beginning in 1988) leading to the takeover of the Jersey City (New Jersey) public schools by the State Department of Education. Questions the wisdom of New Jersey's approach regarding failing school districts. The confrontation in New Jersey ended poorly for both the state and district. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Problems, Educational History, Educational Improvement, Government Role, Low Achievement, School Administration, School District Autonomy, School District Reorganization, School Districts, State Departments of Education, State Government, State Legislation, State School District Relationship
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Jersey; New Jersey (Jersey City)
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