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Wisdom, Sherrie, Ed.; Leavitt, Lynda, Ed.; Bice, Cynthia, Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
In comparing one public school to another, discussions frequently include talk concerning the socio economics of a school or district, which then leads to talk about the advantages that one socioeconomic setting has over another. Educators tend to agree that low academic achievement frequently associated with a low socioeconomic status is a…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Social Influences, Racial Discrimination, African American Students
Salz, Arthur E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Negotiation Agreements, School District Autonomy
Gittell, Marilyn – Compact, 1969
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Bureaucracy, Community Control, Decentralization
Miller, Etta; Zamoff, Richard – 1969
This study deals with the urban school system as a contracting agency which must negotiate with an organized group of employees who formerly were relatively powerless in presenting demands. The focus of the study is on the contracts drawn between the boards of education of New York City and Detroit with the respective teachers' unions in these…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Educational Research
Center for Urban Education, New York, NY. – 1969
During the 1966-67 school year, as part of its efforts towards decentralization, the Board of Education of New York City created an autonomous district located in the Ocean Hill-Brownsville area of Brooklyn. The newly formed local board experienced some difficulty in staffing the new district and eventually transferred 19 "uncooperative"…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Decentralization, Employment Problems, Program Descriptions