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Wirt, Frederick M.; Kirst, Michael W. – 1975
This book offers a comprehensive analysis and description of the political aspects of American education, utilizing both empirical data and case studies on the politics of education. Included are two case studies of recent school policies, which focus on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 and the school desegregation…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Control, Educational Administration, Educational Policy
Fantini, Mario D.; Gittell, Marilyn – 1973
Demands for urban decentralization and community control are indexes of the inaccessibility, irresponsibility, and unresponsiveness of the institutions of urban government in the 1970's. How and why these institutions have become the focus of such widespread dissatisfaction can be understood only in the total context of urban politics in America,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Change Strategies, City Government
Morrison, James D. – 1978
The pressure of removal of all Indians from the eastern states and territories to the undeveloped West caused the Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes to re-frame their basic institutions, including their governments, in an attempt to conform with Anglo American ideas of what was "civilized". Both the Choctaws and Cherokees established…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Civil Liberties, Community Control
Epps, Edgar G., Ed. – 1974
The contents of this compendium, dealing with the proper role of the schools in the socialization of Afro-American, Mexican-American, Native American, Asian-American, European-American, and mainland Puerto Rican children, are organized into four parts. The introduction is an essay by Thomas F. Pettigrew, "Racially Separate or Together?" Part 1,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Behavioral Sciences, Black Community, Community Control
Sher, Jonathan P., Ed.; And Others – 1977
Intended to spur policy makers, practitioners, parents, and other interested individuals to reopen rural educational issues, this volume explores "conventional wisdom" (the widely accepted assumptions and theories about rural education) and examines its merits in light of both accumulated experience and recent research. The text is…
Descriptors: Books, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Community Control
Levitan, Sar A.; Johnston, William B. – 1975
Aimed at highlighting American Indian reservation conditions, outlining the scope of Federal aid to Indians, and suggesting the nature of future Indian problems and choices, this book attempts to assess the current socioeconomic status of the Indian community and its relationship with the Federal Government. Specifically, this book provides both…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Community Control, Economic Development
