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Nielsen, Valerie; Robinson, Norman – 1980
This study examined partisan elections in large urban school districts in Canada. It investigated the extent to which the existence of political parties in a school board election serves to aggregate the educational attitudes and opinions of candidates. Also, it investigated the extent to wbich political parties aggregate differences in the…
Descriptors: Board Candidates, Boards of Education, Elections, Political Influences
Robinson, Norman; Wood, Marilyn – 1987
This study of incumbent British Columbia school board members prior to election analyzes relationships between individual members' feelings of political efficacy and trust and their decisions to seek or not seek reelection. The 60 subjects, from 24 districts, represented candidates (those members seeking reelection) and retirees (members not…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Decision Making, Elections, Elementary Secondary Education
