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Shrader, Ralph D. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Financial concerns and public scrutiny are causing many educational leaders and community stakeholders to study the district configurations of school corporations, academic preparation, and ideal school size. The purpose of this qualitative case-study research design was to identify and better understand successful small school districts as…
Descriptors: Small Schools, School Districts, School Community Relationship, Case Studies
Smrekar, Claire – National Center on School Choice, Vanderbilt University (NJ1), 2011
Against the backdrop of urban school politics, in which mayors play increasingly powerful and pivotal roles, the current study examines the origins and implications of mayoral control of charter school authorization and accountability in Indianapolis (see Henig & Rich, 2004; Wong & Shen, 2007). In contrast to analyses of mayoral takeovers…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Stakeholders, Governance