Population Change and Community Services : The Case of the Public Schools. Staff Paper Series #28 / Dan E. Moore and Theodore R. Alter.

Enrollment changes between 1970 and 1976 in the 504 public school districts in Pennsylvania were examined in light of "turnaround" (revival of growth in nonmetropolitan areas). Each district was classified into one of four categories according to the size of the largest urban place in the district,...

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Main Authors: Moore, Dan E.
Alter, Theodore R. (Author)
Corporate Author: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Coll. of Agriculture
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1980.
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Physical Description:32 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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