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Download full textDavidson, Adrienne; Lucas, Jack; McGregor, Michael – Canadian Journal of Education, 2020
This article explores the factors associated with support for a merger of Ontario's two publicly funded school systems (secular and Catholic). Drawing upon survey data from over 2,000 Ontarians, it investigates the sociodemographic and attitudinal correlates of opinions toward school system reform. We find evidence that both political attitudes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Change, Consolidated Schools, Educational Change
Gao, Niu – Center for Education Policy Analysis at Stanford University, 2013
This survey report contains the results of the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 Principal Surveys conducted by Stanford's Center for Education Policy Analysis (CEPA). The surveys were administered to principals in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD). This report appears in two parts, each highlighting some of the aggregated responses…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Surveys, Administrator Attitudes, Satisfaction
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1988
The flight of middle class families from the cities to the suburbs has left many cities hard pressed to continue services at former levels. Falling enrollments and revenues have led to mergers of city and county school districts or closures of city districts followed by county takeover. This report documents educators' experience of city-county…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Cooperative Planning, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Howley, Craig – 2001
This report provides the first detailed picture of the features of the rural school bus ride. Data were provided by principals in 696 rural elementary schools in Arkansas, Georgia, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Washington--states chosen to represent diversity in region, locale, and ethnic composition. The literature commonly cites 30 minutes as…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Consolidated Schools, Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Sell, Randall S.; Leistritz, F. Larry; Thompson, JoAnn M. – 1996
The number of public high school districts in North Dakota declined from 256 to 186 during 1970-94; 22 school districts were eliminated in the last 5 years of that period. A survey was conducted in eight communities (four pairs) that had gone through school district consolidation and school closing during 1991-94. Community populations in 1994…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Consolidated Schools, Economic Impact
Direct linkHall, Robert F.; McCaw, Donna S.; Philhower, Susan; Pierson, Max E. – Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs, 2004
This study examines five case studies of proposed school consolidations. None of the five proposed consolidations were voted by their constituents into reality. This report also examines the curricular impact that these variables have upon the secondary course offerings available as well as the lessons learned from 11 Committee of Ten members.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, School District Reorganization, Educational Opportunities, Case Studies
Glascock, Catherine H. – 1998
One of the results of rural school district consolidation has been the potential for schisms that develop among the divergent populations with distinct traditions, culture, and customs. This paper presents research on an Appalachian school district that remains in cultural turmoil after 25 years of consolidation. The population of the three…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Control, Community Relations
