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Commission for Positive Change in the Oakland Public Schools, CA. – 1990
This agenda for educational improvement in Oakland (California) outlines community expectations of the school system and gives specific examples of what those expectations mean in practice. More than 800 individuals from neighborhood groups, churches, parent organizations, school district staff, and business and professional associations testified…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Surveys, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textBossone, Richard M., Ed.; Polishook, Irwin H., Ed. – 1993
This publication presents 13 papers selected from a conference on school choice, which was designed to shed light on what is meant by school choice, what proposals are being advanced to achieve choice, and how various sections of the community view the issue. Following a preface and a list of participants in the conference, an essay by Christopher…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
Finn, Chester E., Jr.; Ryan, Terry – Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, 2003
Findings from this Fordham-sponsored survey--the fourth survey of Dayton, Ohio parent/community attitudes toward education since 1988--present a fascinating array of opinions about today's schools (and those who are responsible for them) and the changes that could be made tomorrow. Over 70 percent of Dayton-area parents support the idea of…
Descriptors: Traditional Schools, Charter Schools, School Restructuring, School Choice
O'Connell, Mary – The Neighborhood Works, 1991
This booklet tells the story of citizen organization and role in the school reform movement in the restructuring of the Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools. Chapter 1, "People Were 'Mad As Hell,'" relates the events immediately surrounding the Chicago Teachers Union strike that transformed discontent into community action. Chapter 2,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Boards of Education, Community Action, Community Attitudes
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
