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Morgan, Stanley R. – 1980
Facing declining enrollment, loss of state funds, and decreasing public confidence, the Salt Lake City Schools found several groups demanding a voice in the decision-making process. A plan for shared governance was implemented. Representatives of the teachers' association, the administrative association, and the classified employees' association…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Control, Elementary Secondary Education, Participative Decision Making

Ornstein, Alan C. – Urban Review, 1983
Two results of minority pressure for community involvement in educational decision making are (1) administrative decentralization and community participation, and (2) administrative decentralization and community control. However, regarding "community control," controversy abounds over whether elected public officials and professional educators or…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Control, Community Influence, Decentralization