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Weber, Jessica – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1981
Responses of 140 Illinois superintendents to the PROBE survey were compared to the public views on education and its problems expressed in the 1979 Gallup Poll. Results indicate disparate perceptions. Implications for school/community communication are discussed. Condensed from "Illinois School Board Journal," November-December 1980, pp…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Problems, Public Education
White, A. Howard – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 1972
Author, a newspaper editor, notes remoteness of many school administrators and teachers from community, leading them to assume support for school programs--and taxes--which does not exist. Seven suggestions point towards improving public relations and regaining parental cooperation. (PD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Attitudes, Community Cooperation, Parent Attitudes
Carr, Nora – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
Widely viewed today by many taxpayers, business leaders, and elected officials as inefficient, ineffective, bureaucratic, public education is losing its once-noble brand position as the cornerstone of American democracy. According to Laura Ries, a marketing guru, the first problem is the name, it is called public education. It is because the…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Public Support, Public Education, Public Schools