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Peer reviewedCorwin, Ronald G.; Herriott, Robert E. – American Sociological Review, 1988
Using Durkheim's distinction between mechanical and organic social systems, examines the antecedents of conflict in 111 public schools. Division of labor is indirectly but ultimately related to disputes through direct correlations with goal disagreement and enhanced control. Disputes increase when rules dominate the control structure. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Conflict, Locus of Control, Objectives, Public Schools
Download full textPennsylvania Joint State Government Commission, Harrisburg. – 1997
For most of its history, Pennsylvania's public school system has consisted of three levels: the state level, the local school districts, and an intermediate level. In 1970, the intermediate level was reorganized into 29 intermediate units (IUs). In 1997 the state's General Assembly directed the Joint State Government Commission to study how the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Lutz, Frank W.; Garnon, Frederick W., Jr. – 1978
Recently there has been a resurgence in demand for citizen participation in public school decision-making. To directly assess the degree of this phenomenon, 30 public school districts were selected from Pennsylvania (excluding Philadelphia and Pittsburgh), based on a random sample, for a citizen attitude measurement questionnaire that yielded 320…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Citizen Participation, Community Attitudes, Decentralization
Eriksen, Aase; Gantz, Joseph – 1974
This book focuses on the process of implementing an alternative school within a public urban system. To identify and illustrate the problems inherent in organizing and operating an alternative school the West Philadelphia Community Free School was taken as a case study. Observations and analysis are here offered on two different levels: (1)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Resources, Community Schools, Educational Change
Montanye, Edwin Y. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
The educational advantages and the housing economies effected by the work-study-play plan have led administrative officers to adopt some form of this organization in many school systems. The plan is variously designated as the "platoon plan," "alternating school," "companion class method," or "duplicate…
Descriptors: School Administration, School Buildings, Urban Schools, School Organization
Philadelphia Board of Public Education, PA. Special Committee on Nondiscrimination. – 1964
THIS REPORT STEMS FROM AN EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND PRACTICES IN THE PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ONE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF COMMUNITY LEADERS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND SCHOOL PERSONNEL. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE REPORT DESCRIBES THE BOARD OF EDUCATION'S INTEGRATION POLICY AND CONTAINS…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Blacks, Board of Education Policy, Curriculum
Fusco, Gene C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
Recent years have brought an upsurge of interest and concern among school administrators and others regarding the administrative and specialized services that are necessary for providing sound educational programs and maintaining school system efficiency. In response to that growing interest and concern, the Office of Education and the American…
Descriptors: Educational History, Pupil Personnel Services, Program Descriptions, Program Administration
