Superintendent Selection and Dismissal: A Changing Community Defines Its Values.

Hosman, Carol Merz

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ERIC Number: EJ419448

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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Superintendent Selection and Dismissal: A Changing Community Defines Its Values.

Hosman, Carol Merz

Urban Education, v25 n3 p350-69 Oct 1990

Describes a case study of a rural school district in which conflicting superintendent, school board, and community values led to the superintendent's dismissal, which led to the defeat of the board members. Analyzes the course of events in terms of the dissatisfaction theory of democracy. (FMW)

Descriptors: Boards of Education, Case Studies, Community Support, Politics of Education, Rural Schools, Superintendents, Values

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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