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Peer reviewedBurlingame, Martin – Education and Urban Society, 1979
This paper discusses the difficulties that rural and small urban communities are facing in resisting attempts to consolidate their schools into larger districts. (BE)
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Declining Enrollment, Economic Factors, Educational Policy
Burlingame, Martin – 1979
The finding that turnover rates for school superintendents are highest in small districts has been reflected in a number of studies. To further examine the finding, a survey in Illinois used a stratified random sample of 100 school districts, 32 of which had 499 or less students. With 1974-75 as a base year, the average years served by…
Descriptors: Administrators, Board of Education Policy, Career Change, Case Studies
