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Gustafson, Glenn – 1987
This document reports on the results of a study of the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of community participants in the educational decision-making processes. The research utilized the results of the Gallup Polls of the Public's Attitude toward Education for the years 1974, 1977, 1980, and 1983. The data sets of the Gallup Polls were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Change, Community Size, Demography
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Kelleher, Paul – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2006
In her first year as superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools, Beverly Hall encountered what she describes as the nearly universal disbelief that poor children of color can achieve high levels of learning. This chapter recounts how she confronted this and other obstacles and challenges as the new leader of the Atlanta Public Schools. Hall is…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Economically Disadvantaged, Minority Group Children, Student Diversity