The superintendent of schools in Chicago discusses concurrent efforts to desegregate and decentralize the city's public school systems. He stresses the financial limitations which cripple efforts to ameliorate the urban school crisis. He feels that effective decentralization does not necessitate multiple local boards of education, for the central…

A historical development of the Chilocco Indian School, Chilocco, Oklahoma, is presented in this master's thesis. Three periods were chosen to develop the history of the school: The Critical Period (1884-1902), The Middle Period (1902-1926), and The Recent Period (1926-1956). Within each of these periods activities of the school's superintendents;…

This report concentrates on the 300 currently practicing superintendents of schools who manage the largest school districts in New York State exclusive of New York City. The study consisted of analyses of all superintendents' salaries for the 1972-73 and 1973-74 school years, interviews with 10 percent of all practicing superintendents, and…

The research design for this study arose out of a similar national study conducted by the American Association of School Administrators (see ED 056 368). Analysis of the data reveals that the Arkansas superintendent is slightly younger and that he enters the profession earlier than the average American school superintendent. In addition, he has…

The materials in this booklet simulate some of the problems that area superintendents could face working in actual situations. Taken from the real-life problems of some area superintendents, the exercises are presented in the form of in-basket items -- letters, memos, phone messages, etc. -- that require some action on the part of the person…

This study explored the relationships between school superintendents and local managers of major news media and compared the various news managers in their relationships with the superintendents. Questionnaires on the reporting of school news were mailed to school superintendents, newspaper editors, radio station managers, and television station…

The purpose of this study was to determine if basic organizational hierarchical needs (BOHN) help govern the decisionmaking behavior of elementary school principals, and if these needs can be influenced by an immediate administrator. Three groups of graduate students were placed in a simulated setting, indoctrinated in the principal's role, and…

This speech reports a study designed to gain an understanding of what selected individuals involved in education in California know about legislation designed to influence curriculum decisions that teachers make. A 22-item questionnaire was administered to 320 teachers, 14 superintendents, 30 board members in 21 school districts, and all members…

In this report, the author analyzes the career of superintendents from the dual perspective of (1) the men as they trace out a career in the superintendency and (2) the job at the center of interest. The material first focuses on the characteristics of those who enter the occupation; their sources of occupational motivation and action; their…

The overall hypothesis tested in this study supported a significant relationship between the local school superintendent's attitude toward federal aid to education profiles and selected factors in his experience and background. This overall hypothesis was expanded to 11 hypotheses for purposes of the study. An inventory of 114 statements about…

In this speech, the process problems facing school boards are examined, and techniques for overcoming these problems are suggested. According to the authors, a school board is a collection of diverse individuals characterized by (1) a lack of criteria to define excellence, (2) a lack of specific goals to focus its work on, (3) a lack of broad…

PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES ARE ESSENTIAL FOR A BROADLY BASED, COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF INSTRUCTION FOR ALL CHILDREN. THE BASIC CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO THE COORDINATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PUPIL PERSONNEL SERVICES, AS DEFINED IN THE POLICY STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL OF CHIEF STATE SCHOOL OFFICERS, ARE OUTLINED. BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE…

This paper examines some of the factors involved in the dissatisfaction theory of local school governance. This theory holds that change in school board policy comes about through voter dissatisfaction expressed at the polls, since there is no other way for citizens to express their desires. School board "culture" dictates that the board…

Two key elements define the stability of the relationship between the school board and the superintendent and of the governance structure--vulnerability, the existence of, or lack of, checks and balances in the structure, and consensus, the agreement or lack of agreement on governance pattern and system goals. (Author/IRT)

County school superintendents' thoughts on education in 1845, drawn from the New York State superintendent's annual report and analyzed in this article, provide an enriching historical perspective for today's administrator. (MCG)