Abstract
In this paper, we attempt to understand the opposition to school district consolidation. In the mid-1980's in Illinois numerous studies attemptedto show the advantages oflarger schools andconsolidated schooldistricts. However, local opposition to consolidation remained strong, and efforts by state officials to consolidate school districts produced limited results. We explore the resistance to reorganization and consolidation of schools by local-level school district stakeholders.
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Ward, J. G. & Rink, F. J., (1992) “Analysis of Local Stakeholder Opposition to School District Consolidation: An Application of Interpretive Theory to Public Policy Making”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 8(2), 11–19.
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