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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
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Planning and Research Branch. – 1984
Student achievement, cost, rural context, and qualitative differences relative to small/rural schools were analyzed in Alberta to address the choice between small elementary school construction and school consolidation with student busing. Studies in both the United States and Canada have found no consistant significant differences in student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Consolidated Schools
Download full textThurston, Paul; Clauss, Joanne – 1985
Justification for school district consolidation is made on the basis of either reducing cost or increasing educational quality. Some cost reduction may be realized through certain economies of scale in some consolidations but it is by no means automatic. The Illinois State Board of Education emphasizes the relationship between high school size and…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Consolidated Schools, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum
Chicoine, David L.; Langston, Suzanne W. – 1985
Simulation of changes through 1988-89 in the distribution of general school aid (GSA) in Illinois demonstrated implications of a dual state economy for educational finance. Agricultural and heavy manufacturing areas were found to have suffered loss of tax revenue while service and light industry areas experienced increased revenue. Downstate…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Differences, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Rincones, Rodolfo – 1988
School reorganization has been used extensively as a strategy to deal with the problems of small and rural schools. However, there is no comprehensive evidence to prove that consolidation has met the problems of finance, staff, facilities, and curriculum for which it has been advocated, nor are consolidation's disadvantages and ill-effects of the…
Descriptors: Centralization, Community Benefits, Consolidated Schools, Educational Technology
Moray, Mary – 1985
Changing population patterns, inflated housing costs, and cuts in school financing have forced many school districts to face school closures and school consolidation as a way of maintaining solvency. This report reviews the literature on school consolidation with attention to the fact that the need to consolidate now faces elementary schools as…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Involvement, Community Support
