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Usdan, Michael D. – Theor Pract, 1969
Large cities may have to implement educational change on an all or nothing basis if any headway at all is to be made in eroding the power of entrenched establishments. (CK)
Descriptors: Community Control, Decentralization, Educational Experiments, Power Structure
Trillas, Enric – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1983
The implications of the recently authorized regionalization of university administration in Spain, with the possibility of autonomous communities taking on wide responsibility for higher education and scientific and technical research, are explored. Concern is expressed for potential loss of efficiency and effectiveness. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Centralization, Community Control, Decentralization
Long, David C.; And Others – 1977
Faced with a legal mandate to equalize educational resources available to its public elementary schools, can the Board of Education of the District of Columbia respond effectively to the public pressure for decentralization of its decision-making systems? The answer may be determined through the responses to two further questions: to what extent…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Citizen Participation, Community Control
Peer reviewedRobinson, Jean C. – Comparative Education Review, 1986
Chinese "people-managed schools" began in the 1940s as popular voluntary village schools providing flexible relevant education to rural peasants, but are regarded today as low status and low quality. This change reflects the Chinese Communist Party's incremental move away from both decentralized decision making and populist education to…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Schools, Decentralization, Educational Development
Marburger, Carl L. – 1985
This book is an introduction and guide to school-based management, a decentralized form of organization in which decisions that have traditionally been made by a superintendent or school board are made by the local school. Chapter 1 provides an overview of decision-making in public school systems starting with a brief history of the trend toward…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Advisory Committees, Community Control, Decentralization
Download full textHagood, Henry B. – 1969
The concept of community control of schools differs from "decentralization" because community control stresses the possibility of the schools becoming an integral part of the total community. When professional educators are coupled with a cluster of special interest groups (e.g., book publishers, realtors, landowners, politicians), they form…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Control, Community Involvement, Cultural Background
Rogers, David – 1981
This report describes the New York City public school system's experiences with decentralization since 1970. The report includes an introductory chapter explaining the conditions that led to the adoption of decentralization; analytical case studies of eight New York City decentralized school districts; and two concluding chapters on findings and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Board Administrator Relationship, Case Studies
