Guidelines for the planning and implementation of cooperatives in rural and small community schools: An alternative for expanding opportunity for excellence and equity in education

The problem of providing quality programming in the public schools of Illinois was accelerated through the General Assembly's Reform Act in 1985. The question of how to improve quality and expand opportunities through developing cooperatives between schools as an alternative to consolidation is the project's central theme. The central focus is on how the educational service centers and intermediate state agencies can assist small schools in managing school improvement issues most effectively by sharing resources on an interdistrict basis in order to improve the quality and academic opportunities for all students enrolled in their districts. Fundamentally, the goal was to establish consolidation of program planning and implementation practices via cooperation between districts without dissolving physical district boundaries.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.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

• Perkins, John Franklin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Thurston, Paul W.

• Education, Administration

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1989 Perkins, John Franklin

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI8916296
(UMI)AAI8916296

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23387