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Gregson, Susan A. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This case study investigates the equity practice of secondary mathematics teachers in an urban secondary school specifically structured to support students becoming critical citizens; able to analyze the world; and empowered to act, individually and collectively, for the good of their communities and the larger society. The study is framed by two…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Teachers, Urban Schools
Sanders, William David – 1975
This dissertation is an exploratory study of a power struggle for control of public education in a large urban school system. This power struggle is examined via its exemplification in the form of a controversy over accountability within the school system. The method used for this study was the interviewing of 20 persons playing major roles in the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Black Community, Black Organizations
Willie, Charles V., Ed.; Greenblath, Susan L., Ed. – 1981
This book contains reports on ten school districts' responses to court ordered desegregation. The book begins with an historical background and a discussion of racial politics and community conflict. Following the introduction are the ten case studies, whose titles reveal the city and issues under examination: (1) "Boston, Massachusetts:…
Descriptors: Black Students, Busing, Case Studies, Community Attitudes
Fitzgibbon, James; And Others – 1971
The authors, after discussing the St. Louis school system and its financial history, survey both traditional and innovative construction finance alternatives that have been used across the country. These alternatives, which fall into two categories, include: (1) conventional financing through tax incomes including State and Federal aid, and (2)…
Descriptors: Bond Issues, Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Educational Finance
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
McConahay, John B. – 1981
This volume offers a proposal for a national desegregation study which would involve coordinated case studies of twelve to fifteen cities in which there has been substantial systemwide desegregation for 5 to 10 or more years. The following are identified as the principal components of the study: (1) a natural history of school desegregation; (2) a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attitude Measures, Case Studies, Community Attitudes