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Jones, Cara S.; Jones, Trevon R. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2022
This case focuses on the Board of Trustees of a large urban school district in Texas, as they worked to decide when learners would have the option to return to in-person learning even as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the community, particularly communities of color. This decision-making process included two back-to-back school board…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Governance, Boards of Education, Urban Schools
Cassidy Syftestad Klutts – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Classical and Christian education has proliferated across education sectors over the last decade. As a result, school leaders must implement these timeless philosophies of education and navigate such high demand. This dissertation seeks to equip relevant parties with research about what drives their skyrocketing enrollment and how to support…
Descriptors: Governance, Christianity, Religious Schools, Educational Philosophy
Thornell, Allen L. – 1981
A questionnaire survey of 180 Texas school district superintendents sought to determine both their perceptions of how community power structures influenced school board decisions and their techniques for communicating with their local power structure. The study analyzed four power structure types--monopolistic, multigroup noncompetitive,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Community Control, Community Influence
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Williams, Joyce E.; Garza, Lisa – Urban Education, 2006
This research is a case study of change and racial/ethnic conflict in the Dallas, Texas, Independent School District (DISD). Data are drawn from observations of monthly meetings of the school board. The focus is on communication as cultural projection among African American and Mexican American delegations at meetings and on the reactions evoked…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Conflict Resolution, Intercultural Communication, Meetings
Sparkman, William E.; And Others – 1994
This paper presents findings of a study that identified the levels of moral development and ethical reasoning processes of school board members and school district attorneys. The two groups were selected because of the quasi-judicial role that board members play and because of the increasing legalization of the schooling process. A survey of 155…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics
Anchondo, Jose Jorge; And Others – 1977
Public education consists of various levels of laws, policies, regulations, rules, guidelines, and practices based on the U.S. Constitution. At each level, there is a set of "do's and don'ts" guiding the actions of people involved in public education. This handbook, written to help people understand their rights relating to public…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Bilingual Education, Board of Education Role, Civil Liberties