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Direct linkKent, Jennifer K.; Curran, F. Chris – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2021
Based on events in Florida, this case explores issues that accompany the choice to arm school personnel as a means to address school violence and shootings. Readers consider the issue from the perspective of the school board of a large, diverse district and are presented with dilemmas while they consider the effectiveness, the political…
Descriptors: Weapons, School Safety, School Violence, Law Enforcement
Download full textRhim, Lauren Morando – Academic Development Institute, 2013
Locally controlled public schools are one of the cornerstones of our nation's democracy, yet many schools are not preparing students for success. Far too many students are not graduating, and many of those who do graduate are woefully unprepared for college or a meaningful career. Successfully initiating and sustaining meaningful improvements in…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Boards of Education, Accountability, Educational Change
Linda S. Sparks – Online Submission, 2005
This retrospective study used the language of political ecology to describe the dynamics of a school board decision to hire a nontraditional superintendent. Those dynamics were described as contextual variables that existed within the community as well as mediating variables that were negotiated among the key players who were part of the selection…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Politics of Education, Decision Making, Personnel Selection
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1970
This report is part of the Florida Department of Education, Title III, ESEA, Educational Needs Assessment study and deals exclusively with information and data collected from questionnaires administered to a sample of seven educationally relevant subpopulations within the State. These subpopulations included students, teachers, principals,…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Demography
Johns, Roe L.; Kimbrough, Ralph B. – 1968
In a study of the critical factors affecting local decision making on school fiscal policy, socioeconomic factors, educational leadership, and community power structure were related to one another and to local financial effort in relation to ability. The study included 122 school districts of 20,000 population and above located in the states of…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Attitudes, Community Leaders, Community Support
Stuart, Reginald – 1974
Information on the Florida state-supported higher education system is presented to enhance the black citizen's capability to discuss and influence the future design and operation of public higher education. Attention is directed to: the structure of higher education; developments in the community colleges, state universities, and land grant…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, Black Teachers, Blacks
