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School Board Decision-Making and the Elimination of Sport Participation Fees
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Heinze, 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
Coercion to Compliance, Or How Great Expectations in Washington Are Actually Realized at the Local Level, This Being the Saga of School Desegregation in the South as Told by Two Sympathetic Observers--Lessons on Getting Things Done.
Rodgers, Harrell R., Jr.; Bullock, Charles S., III – 1976
This volume is a study of individual behavior manifested in the desegregation process of 31 Georgia school districts from 1965 to 1974. Major objectives of the study are to glean insight into the variables that determine whether school officials involved would comply with the law and to assess the impact of Federal desegregation guidelines. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Change Agents, Community Attitudes
Neighborhood Organizing for Urban School Reform.
Williams, Michael R. – 1989
This book analyzes how community-based organizations in low income urban neighborhoods can promote reform of their local public schools. Chapter 1, "Reassessing the Declining Urban Neighborhood," discusses the sources of urban decline in terms of a structural relationship between "haves" and "have-nots." Chapter 2,…
Descriptors: Activism, Black Organizations, Case Studies, Community Attitudes