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Download full textSULLIVAN, NEIL V. – 1967
DESCRIBED IS THE HISTORY OF THE EFFORTS TO DESEGREGATE THE BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE FULLY DESEGREGATED BY SEPTEMBER 1968. CHANGE BEGAN IN THE 1950'S WITH THE ELECTION OF A "LIBERAL" TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. FIRST STEPS INVOLVED IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MINORITY GROUP CHILDREN AND…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Bus Transportation, Community Cooperation
BISHOP, LESLEE J. – 1967
CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION ARE INCREASINGLY VITAL ISSUES FOR COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION BETWEEN TEACHERS AND SUPERVISORS AND THEIR SCHOOL BOARDS. THIS DOCUMENT SUGGESTS GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVELY DEVELOPING A POSITIVE APPROACH TO THE RESOLUTION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PARTICIPANTS IN THE DECISIONMAKING PROCESS SO THAT THE MOST EFFECTIVE LEARNING…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Change Agents, Collective Bargaining
MCCARTY, DONALD J.; RAMSEY, CHARLES E. – 1967
A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR STUDYING THE OPERATION OF SOCIAL POWER IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS WAS DEVELOPED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT A SCHOOL SYSTEM MUST BE UNDERSTOOD IN TERMS OF ITS SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENT. TWELVE DIRECTIONAL HYPOTHESES WERE TESTED TO DETERMINE CORRELATIONS BETWEEN FOUR TYPES OF COMMUNITY POWER STRUCTURES (DOMINATED, FACTIONAL, PLURALISTIC, AND…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Attitudes, Community Influence, Community Leaders
CLARY, JOSEPH RAY – 1967
DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1963-64, NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS INTRODUCED A NINTH-GRADE COURSE WHICH PROVIDED OCCUPATIONAL INFORMATION AS A BASIS FOR VOCATIONAL PLANNING. AFTER 4 YEARS, 366 TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAD AT LEAST 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROGRAM WERE SURVEYED BY QUESTIONNAIRES. EIGHTY PERCENT RESPONDED. AREAS COVERED WERE NEED…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Career Choice, Career Guidance, Educational Objectives
SHAFER, ELDON G. – 1968
THIS MONOGRAPH, VIEWING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A POLITICAL ENTITY, DEVOTES ATTENTION TO BOTH ADMINISTRATIVE AND COMMUNITY PROBLEMS WHICH ARISE IN CONNECTION WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT REORGANIZATION. FOR EXAMPLE, ONE CONSEQUENCE OF REORGANIZATION IS THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE LARGER EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM REQUIRES CHANGES WHICH EITHER THE…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Selection, Board of Education Role, Community Attitudes
UBBEN, GERALD C.; AND OTHERS – 1967
THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY LISTS 274 BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, AND PERIODICALS ON COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATION PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1956 AND 1967. MOST OF THE SELECTIONS ARE MORE RECENT THAN 1963. PERIODICALS MAKE UP MORE THAN FIVE-SIXTHS OF THE BIBLIOGRAPHY. ALSO INCLUDED ARE SEVERAL RECOMMENDED GENERAL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TEXTS AND A FEW SELECTED ENTRIES…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Annotated Bibliographies, Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining
BURCHELL, HELEN R.; CASTETTER, WILLIAM B. – 1967
SOCIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES HAVE ALTERED SOCIETY'S PERCEPTIONS OF ITS EDUCATIONAL NEEDS WHICH, IN TURN, HAS CREATED SUPPORT FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THIS REPORT FOCUSES UPON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF INSTRUCTION. CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION IS…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives
Carlton, Patrick W. – 1968
A case study and analysis of teacher salary negotiations describes and explores a quasi-negotiatory relationship in which a group of seven school board members attempted to reach agreement with six elected representatives of a local teaching staff, neither group having had prior negotiatory experience. Through use of tape recordings, interviews,…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Budgets, Collective Bargaining
Sinclair, Ward – 1967
The school system in Trigg County, Kentucky is one of the most throughly desegregated in the State because of a successful school pairing plan. Combining the attendance zones of Negro and white schools enabled the establishment of biracial schools with students divided by grade into different school buildings. A pairing plan, it was felt, would…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, County School Districts, Desegregation Methods, Elementary Schools
Cresswell, Anthony M.; Simpson, Daniel – 1976
This paper reports on part of a longitudinal study of the interaction between labor relations and governance in one suburban school system. It focuses on the all-important relationship between the school board and the superintendent in an Illinois school district. When dissension between these two parties occurs, it is possible for teachers to…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Case Studies, Collective Bargaining
Zeigler, L. Harmon – 1976
Two models may be used to describe school board governance. The democratic model defines effectiveness in terms of democratic criteria. It is characterized by vigorous competition for school board positions; board members are responsive to their constituencies; the superintendent acts as policy implementor rather than policy originator, and a…
Descriptors: Board Candidates, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
David, Miriam E. – 1975
This book focuses on the question of how citizen participation affects the making of the school budget, the crucial controlling instrument of modern bureaucratic organizations. The four communities studied differed in size, social and economic characteristics, and form of government. Chapter 1 introduces the topic and begins the discussion of the…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Budgets, Case Studies, Collective Bargaining
Blanchard, Paul D. – 1973
This study analyzes decisional practices of Kentucky school boards, concentrating on the behavior of the boards as units rather than on the behavior of individual board members. The analysis is based on data from questionnaires completed by members of 57 Kentucky school boards, data describing school district social and economic characteristics,…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Conflict
Coleman, James S. – 1969
Educational policies are discussed which are directed at affecting the incentives of a school superintendent or other executive officers of an operating school system, staff members in the administrative office, principals or other executive officers in a school, teachers, pupils, and their parents. A number of proposals for the modification of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Community Influence, Educational Policy
Piele, Philip K. – r & d perspectives, 1969
This review examines 18 selected documents processed through the ERIC system dealing with research findings, procedures, and innovations in school-community relations. Although documents reviewed emphasize a variety of issues bearing on school-community relations--including citizen participation, mass media, public relations, voter support, power…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Citizen Participation, Communication Problems, Community Involvement
