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Publication Date: 1993
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School Reform, Chicago Style: Educational Innovation in a Changing Urban Context, 1976-1991.
Mirel, Jeffrey
Urban Education, v28 n2 p116-49 Jul 1993
Traces the demographic, economic, social, and political contexts of educational reform in Chicago (Illinois) resulting from its initiative to transfer power to elected councils. Argues that several key problems remain in the areas of minority participation, educator sense of ownership, and conflicts between local councils and the central administration. (SLD)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Decentralization, Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Groups, Neighborhoods, Participative Decision Making, Political Influences, Public Schools, School Administration, School District Autonomy, School Restructuring, Social Change, Urban Areas, Urban Schools
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Language: English
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