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Peer reviewedWood, Diana M. – Urban Education, 1975
Noting that a historical example of local control is valuable in assessing the results of greater community involvement in school affairs, this article focuses on the development of the decentralized Pittsburgh school system, which in the early 1900's was composed of 38 sub-district boards, each possessing authority to levy taxes and to appoint…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Community Control, Decentralization
