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Building community-school programs in two cities

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With the loss of population and industry, public school systems in Midwestern cities such as Cincinnati and Kansas City now face increasing demands while suffering severe fiscal constraints. Rising educational costs, declining revenues and enrollments, and rising proportions of minority students, along with increased programmatic demands and pressures related to desegregation litigation, conspire to make school systems recaptive to community involvement and assistance. This paper explores the development of three types of community-based groups which show promise of enhancing the democratic governance of the schools, as well as increasing the school system's resource base.

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  1. College of Education, University of Cincinnati, 45221, OH

    Kathryn M. Borman

  2. National College of Education, USA

    William T. Pink

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Borman, K.M., Pink, W.T. Building community-school programs in two cities. Urban Rev 18, 105–116 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01108431

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