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Lutz, Frank W.; McDonnell, Thomas F. – 1980
One purpose of this paper was to describe the present process of machine government and private-regarding practices in local school government. Another purpose was to theorize from these data, based on selected conceptual notions, about the political process in educational governance. Data for the study came from a Pennsylvania superintendent…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Educational Theories, Governance, Political Influences
Peer reviewedLutz, Frank W.; Lynch, Patrick D. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1973
This research replicated earlier research done in nonpartisan school district elections, concerning the effect of school board member incumbent defeat on nonvoluntary superintendent turnover. (Author)
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Boards of Education, Educational Research, Elections
Download full textLutz, Frank W. – 1976
This paper examines the political behavior of local school boards in terms of two models of political governance. The first model discussed is the "sacred vs. secular" model that distinguishes between "sacred" governing bodies that reach consensus in private and generally support the sociocultural status quo and…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Citizen Participation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Lutz, Frank W.; And Others – 1972
This speech presents the results of a study that examined whether a phenomenon previously observed in nonpartisan school board elections is also true of partisan school board elections. Previous studies had shown that school board incumbent defeat in nonpartisan elections is related to involuntary superintendent turnover. The study investigated…
Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Board Candidates, Boards of Education, Data Analysis
Lutz, Frank W.; Hess, Paula K. – 1982
Survey and observational research on educational lobbying organizations in the Pennsylvania state legislature yielded both data on influence processes and a set of seven guidelines for educational lobbyists. A survey of Pennsylvania legislators at the 1973-74 session examined their attitudes about education bills, educational lobbies and their…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Legislators
Peer reviewedLutz, Frank W.; Garberina, William L. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1977
Examines a series of hypotheses related to the "gap" between what a community desires of its schools and the school board's response to those desires. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Board Candidates, Boards of Education, Community Involvement, Elections
Lutz, Frank W. – 1975
School districts are cultural systems that may be classified along a continuum from homogeneous to heterogeneous according to the diversity represented in their cultural composition. School boards are the decision-making system that, given the competitive federal, state, and local demands, decides on the particular educational policies and…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
Lutz, Frank W. – 1974
Attention to the politics of education particularly as operated within urban school boards using the concept of elite-arena councils is drawn in this paper. A brief summary of the data and the political-anthropological concepts used to analyze the data, conclusions and recommendations based on those data, and their analysis are presented. The…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Board of Education Policy, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education
