Assuming that today's school administrator must manage the organizational contraction associated with declining resources, the authors of this research report investigated the causes of contraction and its effects on school systems in terms of demographic changes, economic changes, and political considerations. The researchers examined the policy…

This document presents statistical data on the variables that affect the education of children aged 5 to 18 living in households. The data are culled from the October Current Population Surveys (CPS) for 1977, 1982, and 1983, and the March CPS for 1978, 1983, and 1984. The following variables are examined: (1) poverty; (2) race/ethnicity; (3)…