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Decker, Larry E. – 1999
The essays in this collection describe the contributions of Frank Manley, widely acknowledged by education historians to be the founder of the modern community school movement. They review his leadership after he opened the first community schools in Flint, Michigan, and describe his later career as executive director of the Charles Stewart Mott…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership, Philanthropic Foundations