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Peer reviewedCarter, Michael A. – Clearing House, 1995
Notes four strategies that will almost certainly result in losing a school bond election, then discusses four strategies that increase the probability of passage. (SR)
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Local Issues
Peer reviewedJablonsky, Thomas J. – Journal of Geography, 1986
Illustrates historically and politically how geography and ethnicity melded together to provide the foundation for a community consciousness that ultimately evolved into a unique form of community organization in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood. Examines how external structures, internal arrangements, housing patterns, and ethnic patterns…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Change, Community Cooperation, Community Development
Peer reviewedFirestone, William A.; And Others – Teachers College Record, 1992
A discussion of recent trends in state educational reform stresses the importance of addressing two challenges: teaching all students higher order thinking and developing more systematic, coherent policies. The article describes the challenges, examines how state policies in the 1980s addressed them and how districts responded, and suggests future…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
