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ERIC Number: EJ293709
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Settlement Patterns and the Governing Structures of Nineteenth-Century School Systems.
Richardson, John G.
American Journal of Education, v92 n2 p178-206 Feb 1984
Examines the governing structures of state and local school systems as reported for 1880. Three distinctive models of governance are identified for the Northeast, the South, and the Midwest in the method of appointment or election of school officers at the state and local levels. (Author/BJD)
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Bureaucracy, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Land Settlement, Public Schools, Regional Attitudes, School Districts, State School District Relationship
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Nineteenth Century; United States (Midwest); United States (Northeast); United States (South)