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Peer reviewedSussman, Leila; Speck, Gayle – Urban Education, 1973
Observation of several community-school groups in Boston has led the authors to conclude that most of these groups are small, weak, and vulnerable to internal disruption; their impact on the substance of education has been thus far slight. (DM)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Decentralization
O'Connor, Edward R. – 1978
The impact of the Right to Read program in Spencer, Massachusetts, and the 11 other Massachusetts Charter communities was investigated in the following respects: to assess changes in teachers' perceptions toward the reading program, to compare the perceptions of school and community populations, to measure the amount of children's reading, to…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation
Download full textGoodrich, Burton E., Jr. – 1976
In June 1975, a rural Massachusetts school board developed a comprehensive six-page questionnaire and mailed it to all community residents 17 years of age and older. The questionnaire solicited demographic data, as well as respondents' opinions on a wide range of school-related topics. Besides being administered to the community, the questionnaire…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Community Attitudes
