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Autor/in | Williams, Sheneka M. |
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Titel | Micropolitics and Rural School Consolidation: The Quest for Equal Educational Opportunity in Webster Parish |
Quelle | In: Peabody Journal of Education, 88 (2013) 1, S.127-138 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0161-956X |
DOI | 10.1080/0161956X.2013.752637 |
Schlagwörter | Court Litigation; Consolidated Schools; Qualitative Research; Parents; Boards of Education; School Business Relationship; Rural Areas; Rural Schools; Decision Making; Stakeholders; Racial Factors; Educational Opportunities; Community Relations; Equal Education; School Desegregation; School Districts; Educational Change; Achievement Gap; Semi Structured Interviews; Capacity Building; Politics of Education; Louisiana Rechtsstreit; Consolidated school; Mittelpunktschule; Zentralschule; Qualitative Forschung; Eltern; Ausschuss; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Rural areas; School; Schools; Schule; Schulen; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Integrative Schule; School district; Schulbezirk; Bildungsreform; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik |
Abstract | School consolidation in rural districts has been ongoing since the 1800s. Although many district personnel tout economic inefficiency as a reason for consolidation to occur, micropolitics among school board members, parents, and the business community often drive the consolidation process. This article presents a qualitative case study of Webster Parish, which documents the formulation and implementation of school consolidation policy in a rural context. On a macrolevel, I examine the role of micropolitics among district personnel in making the decision to consolidate. I also investigate the role of parish stakeholders--generally the business community and parents--in implementing the plan. On a microlevel, I explore the underlying themes of poverty, race, and educational opportunity as Webster Parish develops and implements a school consolidation plan. I find in the case of Webster Parish that strained community relations and micropolitics among parish stakeholders impeded the progress of providing equal educational opportunity to the parish's students. Given that many cases of micropolitics and education reform focus on urban districts, I find that it is significant to examine the role of micropolitics in educational change (or lack thereof) taking place in segregated, rural districts. (Contains 1 table and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2017/4/10 |