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Jones, Scott – 1985
Conclusions reached by the Illinois State Board of Education Study, released in May 1985, that small schools are inferior and inefficient, that Illinois has too many schools, and that over half its schools should be closed seem to be an educational step backward. Without linking the two concepts, the study implies that school consolidation will…
Descriptors: Community Control, Consolidated Schools, Educational Finance, Educational Philosophy
