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Download full textNir, Adam E. – 1999
This paper discusses the planning processes and plans of school principals in Israel. It describes how educational planning processes often expose educators to a dilemma: public expectations pressure principals to create quick solutions for complicated educational issues, whereas their professional obligation is to produce plans that will address…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Jenni, Roger W.; Mauriel, John J. – 1990
Factors that influence the perceptions held by school site council members and others about the quality of site-based management (SBM) are examined in this study. Specifically, the relationships among a group's assessment of SBM, perceived level of influence on council decision making, perceived level of support from other groups, and perceived…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Community Support, Decentralization, Elementary Secondary Education
Hayes, Floyd W., III – 1985
The development, implementation, and modification of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools' Quality Education/Racial Balance Policy of 1975 provides the case example of how experts and the specialized knowledge they employ are part of the educational politics of a postindustrial community. In the existing literature, there are competing…
Descriptors: Black Influences, Board of Education Role, Community Influence, Educational Policy
Phillips, W. M., Jr. – 1975
The purpose of this paper is to report on part of a research study designed to learn about the interrelationships of racial conflict, change in the institutionalization of social power within an educational system, and adaptive organization of the black community within Newark, New Jersey between 1958 and 1972. The central fact informing the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Community Characteristics, Community Influence, Community Involvement
Salganik, Laura H. – 1985
Reductions in resources and increases in external demands place schools under pressure that can be relieved to some extent by organizational changes. When resources are sufficient, these changes may take the form of technical rationality--that is, decisions concerning policy and practices are made on the basis of neutral, measurable data rather…
Descriptors: Community Influence, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Schmidt, Gene L. – 1983
After an introductory section which points out that the responsibility of small and rural schools is to provide all children with a quality education, and that Boards of Education must decide what is best for all children in the community, the paper briefly describes 16 exemplary programs involving cooperation between school districts. The…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Community Influence, Cooperative Programs, Decision Making
