Sources of political support for decentralization of the educational system and its relationship to public support for education

"This research started with the fundamental question, where does the political support for decentralization come from? The purposes of this study are to gain conceptual clarity with respect to decentralization and to examine how the preference of the decentralized educational system is associated with demographic factors and attitudinal factors--desire for participation, the level of information, support for tax increases, and confidence in schools. For these purposes, the following research questions were asked: (a) Who wants more decentralization of the school system? (b) Who supports the public school system more? (c) Who wants more participation in the local public school matters? (d) Who are well informed about the local public schools? (e) What are the empirical relationships between the preference for decentralization, the desire for input into the public schools, the level of information about the public schools, support for the public schools, and confidence in schools? The 18th and the 19th annual ""Gallup Poll of the Public's Attitudes toward the Public Schools"" data were analyzed using a descriptive analysis and Log Linear Model."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Yang, Seungshil

Contributors dc:contributor

• Coombs, Fred S.

• Education, Administration
• Education, General
• Political Science, Public Administration

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Yang, Seungshil

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9211045
(UMI)AAI9211045

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22377