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Direct linkBenzaquen, Eitan Yacov – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In April 2008, the Wisconsin Erie School District attempted and failed to pass a school bond referendum to renovate its high school. In November 2008, again the school district did not pass a referendum. Interestingly, in the 2009-2010 school year, the district was successful in passing a bond referendum. Although the original bond measure called…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Educational Finance, School Districts, Voting
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Download full textFredua-Kwarteng, Eric – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2016
This paper is based on a research that explored how Inuit community members in Nunavut Territory, Canada, conceptualized quality education in the socio-cultural context of the territory. Data were collected through telephone interviews of 13 Inuit community members in Nunavut and document reviews both of which were conducted in 2010. The data…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality, Social Influences
Briscoe, Felecia M.; Khalifa, Muhammad A. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2015
Using critical race discourse analysis, this study examines descriptions of a heated controversy over the proposed closure of the only primarily black high school in a large urban city. Participants included community members and the district and school leaders who were key in the controversy. Based on Foucault's analysis of power we looked for…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Critical Theory, Race, Discourse Analysis
DiGiorgio, Carla – Journal of School Choice, 2010
This study is an ethnographic case study of two schools as they implemented an enrichment program. The sample included students, parents, teachers, school administrators, and board and government personnel. Data was drawn from interviews and observations of participants, curriculum analysis, and communication between school, home, and the public.…
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, College School Cooperation, Case Studies, Ethnography
Yamauchi, Lois A.; Purcell, Andrea K. – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2009
This study examined the development of community involvement in a place-based high school program for at-risk youth. Teachers and community members founded the program to address concerns about low achievement and high dropout rates among Native Hawaiians. In addition to funding, community members provided program development, supervision of…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Low Achievement, Community Involvement, Hawaiians
McWhirter, Ellen Hawley; McWhirter, Benedict T. – Youth & Society, 2008
The development and validation of a measure of adolescent future expectations associated with work, education, family, health, and church/community participation is presented. The 25-item measure was administered to a sample of 389 7th- to 12th-grade urban poor and working-class Chilean students. Results of an exploratory principal axis factor…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Validity, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
