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Download full textHammer, Patricia Cahape – AEL, 2005
Since 1988, more than half of all states have passed laws that allow state authorities to take control of local school districts under certain circumstances. As of 2004, 54 cases of state takeovers had been reported nationwide--most of them in urban and rural districts. The most commonly cited causes are financial and management problems; academic…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), School Districts, Urban Schools, Rural Schools
