SCHOOL BOARDS AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERSHIP, RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORT OF A SURVEY / JAMES A. PERKINS and OTHERS.

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL BOARDS AND THEIR MEMBERS ARE INVESTIGATED, AND A DIFFERENTIATION IS MADE BETWEEN EFFECTIVE AND INEFFECTIVE BOARDS. TWENTY-SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, STRATIFIED BY REGION AND EFFECTIVENESS, WERE INCLUDED IN THE SAMPLE. INTERVIEWS AND QUESTIONNAIRES WERE USED...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Perkins, James A.
Corporate Author: University of the State of New York. Regents Advisory Committee on Educational Leadership
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1967.
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Physical Description:77 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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