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Lee, Jin – SAGE Open, 2021
Local education governance has allowed neighborhood schools to offer community-oriented curricula and activities, and public schools have been operated to serve only residents' children within the defined areas. The rise of neoliberalism may, however, undermine political foundations of the traditional political systems. This article explores how…
Descriptors: Neighborhood Schools, School Districts, School District Autonomy, Neoliberalism
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Ferguson, Dick – New Directions for Youth Development, 2009
When Dayton Public Schools committed to return to neighborhood K-8 schools, the community organized to refocus many youth programs in schools and neighborhoods. This article describes the planning and implementation of Dayton's Neighborhood School Centers. Special emphasis is placed on the role of the University of Dayton, especially the Fitz…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Public Schools, Neighborhood Schools, Youth Programs
Diekhoff, John S. – Educ Forum, 1969
Descriptors: Blacks, Neighborhood Integration, Neighborhood Schools, Racial Integration
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, DC. – 2002
This publication was developed to assist concerned citizens faced with the loss of their neighborhood schools. It recounts a brief history of school reform in Ohio, leading to the current crisis, and suggests strategies advocates for the preservation of their neighborhood schools can use to save their neighborhood assets. Broad issues addressed…
Descriptors: Activism, Neighborhood Schools, School Community Relationship, School Construction
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McClendon, McKee J.; Pestello, Fred P. – Social Science Quarterly, 1982
Reports the results of a study that examined attitudes towards busing among White adults in Akron, Ohio. The effects of school desegregation attitudes and cost-benefit beliefs such as preferences for neighborhood schools are analyzed. (AM)
Descriptors: Busing, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Neighborhood Schools
Crain, Robert L. – 1984
The public controversy surrounding recent government proposals for supporting private schools through tuition tax credits has prompted an interest in studying the impact of private schooling on racial segregation in education. This report examines the degree of black-white segregation in the Catholic schools in the Chicago and Cleveland…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Students, Catholic Schools, Classroom Desegregation
Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus. – 2003
Community schools were created in Ohio to provide additional educational options for children in low-performing schools and to develop innovative teaching and management techniques that may be transferable to traditional public schools. In 1997 the Ohio General Assembly required the Legislative Office of Education Oversight (LOEO) to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Community Control, Community Schools, Diversity (Institutional)
Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus. – 2003
Community schools were created in Ohio to provide additional educational options for children in low-performing schools and to develop innovative teaching and management techniques that may be transferable to traditional public schools. In 1997 the Ohio General Assembly required the Legislative Office of Education Oversight (LOEO) to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Charter Schools, Community Control