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Aberbach, Joel D.; Walker, Jack L. – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1972
Deals with a recent effort at urban reform, the movement for community control over schools in America's largest cities; putting theories into practice is as difficult as ever. (DM)
Descriptors: Community Control, Decentralization, Policy Formation, Political Power
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Gittell, Marilyn – Social Policy, 1976
Asserts that community control is not an all-or-nothing situation, but that centralization can co-exist with decentralization. Argues for states to have the responsibility for insuring desegregation and equitable funding and for communities to have control of personnel, curriculum and budget priorities. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Community Control, Court Litigation, Court Role, Decentralization
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Hatton, Barbara R. – Education and Urban Society, 1977
Reassesses the role of the school in the black community, concluding that the devaluation of the power of the school to politically, economically and culturally develop the community has hidden "the profound and pervasive influence of the school in shaping the lives of black Americans." (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Black Community, Community Control, Community Development, Educational Administration
Larsh, Edward B. – 1973
The intent of this position paper is to identify and describe the specific conditions causing problems to the effective delivery of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) services to American Indians, both reservation and non-reservation, and to suggest actions that might be taken to alleviate or remove these conditions. A concern of the Indian is…
Descriptors: American Indians, Biculturalism, Community Control, Cultural Education
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
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
Allen, James E., Jr. – 1969
A brief biography and a condensation of publications and speeches by Dr. James E. Allen, Jr., are outlined in this document. The form and purpose of higher education, the effectiveness of the school system, and the goals of educational policy are covered. Narrowing the scope considerably, problem areas such as the church-state issue, school…
Descriptors: Activism, Community Control, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives