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Jenkins, Michael A.; Shepherd, John W. – Economic Geography, 1972
Basic cause of the differences in range of choice between white and black decentralization plans is the disparity between black registered electoral figures and the number of black students in the high school system. Geographic polarization of Detroit into a black inner city and surrounding white suburbs reinforces this effect. (RJ)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Black Organizations, Blacks, Community Control
Browne, William P.; Davis, Michael – Ethnicity, 1976
Notes that either consciously or symbolically, most local Indian elites see and appraise government assistance and reform in terms of their own self interest. (Author)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indians, Change Agents, Community Control
Pilo, Marvin R. – 1974
System-wide school decentralization is now implemented both in New York City and in Detroit. It is important, therefore, to inquire into alternative explanations of the origins of the school decentralization movement with a view to constructing models of school organizational behavior and change which may have utility either to other school…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Community Control, Decentralization
La Noue, George R.; Smith, Bruce L. R. – 1973
This study sought to provide an empirical base for a theoretical and public policy analysis of the decentralization movement in urban education. This research includes an analysis of a large number of cities for which comparative demographic and political data could be found or developed as well as a manageable number of case studies.…
Descriptors: Community Control, Decentralization, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Ornstein, Allan C. – 1974
This book is divided into four chapters. The first examines the concepts and issues related to understanding social systems and how the schools can be viewed as a social system. The differences between centralization and decentralization, as well as systems-analysis and management-control approaches are also explored. In the next chapter, we are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Control, Community Involvement, Decentralization
Levy, Leah, Ed. – 1973
This issue of "Inequality in Education" comprises articles sampling perspectives of some attempts being made within the public school framework to gain a greater say in how and what children learn. The discussions are concentrated on efforts for (1) community control of Schools; (2) decentralization of school administration; and, (3)…
Descriptors: American Indians, Black Attitudes, Black Youth, Community Control