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School District Decentralization: The Case of Los Angeles

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O'Shea, David – Education and Urban Society, 1975

The future stability of the Los Angeles school district as a single entity is questioned. Various problems that add instability to the system's present decentralization plans are discussed. Among them are achievement and academic performance. (Author/AM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Community Control, Decentralization

Decentralization and Community Control

Harmer, John L. – Compact, 1969

Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Control, Community Involvement, Decentralization

An Evaluation of School-Community Advisory Councils/1972.

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Los Angeles City Schools, CA. Office of Education and Management Assessment. – 1972

A major component of the decentralization concept has been the focus on the participation of community, staff, and students in the process of educational decision making. On June 28, 1971, the Los Angeles City Board of Education mandated that a school-community advisory council be established in every regular elementary and secondary school in the…

Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Citizen Participation, Community Control, Community Involvement