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An Examination of Controlled School Corporations.
Wood, R. Craig; Dawson, Brian K. – 1986
This comparative study examines the functioning of Indiana school districts that are placed under control of the state school property tax review board for the purpose of emergency relief. The study sought to determine the fiscal status on selected criteria of seven such "controlled school corporations" (CSCs) for the 1985 budget year by…
Descriptors: Average Daily Membership, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance
Resisting the Obvious: State Policy Initiatives for Rural School Improvement Should Not Mean Just Another Round of Massive School Reorganization.
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Stephens, E. Robert – Research in Rural Education, 1986
In many states renewed attempts at school reorganization may be the sole policy response to solving the rural school improvement issue. Reorganization should be resisted because benefits of reorganization are mixed, good rural schools have many strengths, and the demise of rural schools will damage the infrastructure of rural America. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Institutional Survival