The New School Governing Bodies--Are Gender and Race on the Agenda?.

Deem, Rosemary

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Publication Date: 1989

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The New School Governing Bodies--Are Gender and Race on the Agenda?

Deem, Rosemary

Gender and Education, v1 n3 p247-60 1989

Explores some early findings from a sociological study of school governing bodies in two English local educational authorities (LEAs). Examines the extent to which sexism and racism arise during, and are reproduced by, school governing body meetings, and studies sex and race dynamics in the power relations of governing schools. (Author/AF)

Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Educational Policy, Educational Sociology, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries, Governing Boards, Politics of Education, Qualitative Research, Racial Bias, School District Autonomy, School Districts, Sex Bias

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers; Policymakers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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