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Direct linkHeinze, Kathryn L.; Zdroik, Jennifer – Sport, Education and Society, 2018
Public schools in the US are increasingly charging "pay-to-play" fees for participating in sports. Although these fees can cause reductions in participation, particularly for children from lower-income families, pay-to-play has become a legitimate practice within the field of public education. This study examines what leads some school…
Descriptors: Fees, Public Schools, Student Participation, School Districts
Pruneau, Diane; Kerry, Jackie; Mallet, Marie-Andree; Freiman, Viktor; Langis, Joanne; Laroche, Anne-Marie; Evichnevetski, Evgueni; Deguire, Paul; Therrien, Jimmy; Lang, Mathieu; Barbier, Pierre-Yves – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2012
World population growth, overconsumption of resources, competition among countries and climate change are putting significant pressure on agriculture. In Canada, changes in precipitation, the appearance of new pests and poor soil quality are threatening the prosperity of small farmers. What human competencies could facilitate citizens' adaptation…
Descriptors: Climate, Adjustment (to Environment), Agricultural Occupations, Case Studies
Wanat, Carolyn Louise – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2012
This article describes parents' and educators' perceptions of home-school relationships that benefited children and their families in one school district. Family involvement literature and social network theory, especially Burt's (2001) structural holes, served as the theoretical framework. In semistructured interviews, 39 participants, including…
Descriptors: School Activities, Family Involvement, Family School Relationship, Boards of Education
Joseph, Alun; And Others – 1982
As part of on-going research on rural public service provision, researchers illustrated the use of a methodologically rigorous tool (a "tradeoff game") for eliciting community preferences for municipal public services. The trade-off game allowed adults in 122 households in Erin Township, Wellington County, Ontario, to assess 13 currently…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Services
Download full textMcKay, Bruce – 1976
A discussion of mass media studies, public broadcasting, and the relationship between public broadcasting and society provides the background for this study. Models for communication research study are examined to establish the methodology for the study of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). General background on Canadian public…
Descriptors: Administration, Broadcast Industry, Broadcast Television, Case Studies
Galvin, Patrick – 1986
This case study considers why community members of two rural New York School districts reacted so strongly against a referendum for school district reorganization in February 1983. State and local school officials introduced into this reorganization effort a unique plan designed to achieve community support for the merger. Rather than have the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Attitudes
