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School division consolidation is a topic which elicits strong emotional responses about which there is considerable opinion but limited research data. The purpose of this study was to furnish data which would offer answers to specific questions concerning the merger of two school divisions. The context of the study was the merger which formed the Alleghany Highlands Public Schools, a rural division in Southwest Virginia. The research questions include the following: Did education improve following the merger? Were costs reduced? What happened to students in the process? How did teachers respond? How did patrons and the community interact? The methodology applied in this study consisted of a variety of research techniques including archival materials, surveys, interviews about the merger--what led to it, how it was achieved, and whether it worked. The following key findings emerged: • students and teachers felt positive about the merger and their relation to it, • the community believed that the merger was a success, • the educational program was enhanced with the addition of numerous courses, the revitalization of standing courses, and the assignment of teachers to maximize the use of their expertise, and • the rate of increases in the expenditures of local dollars for education has probably been slower than it might have been for each governmental unit to support separate systems. The study confirmed the problems inherent in evaluating school division consolidation. It also verified that merger can respond to concerns about economy and efficiency and the use of scare resources which must be exercised as schools attempt to meet student needs in a rapidly changing society. preparation to meet society's needs. Many of the problems, promises, and conditions following school division consolidation were revealed in the summaries of the interviews with the key actors. / Ed. D.

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1943 N4 / Master of Science

For reasons of mismanagement, corruption and nepotism, poor quality and delivery of education and community perceptions of general inefficiency and ineffectiveness, the government of Botswana embarked on the process of centralizing the Brigades in 2009.The purpose of this study is to examine how the centralization of the Brigades was handled and its impact on the future of the concept of Education with Production (EWP). The research uses a qualitative approach and case study method to collect data through interviews, focus groups discussions and document analysis. The study was conducted in two of the twenty-one Brigades taken over in 2009. Purposive sampling was used to select the participants. Principals, teachers and former board members were interviewed individually while students were interviewed through focus group discussions. Also interviewed were two Department of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (DTVET) officers who were involved in the Brigades takeover. The findings from the study show that while there was evidence of prior consultation by the government of Botswana before taking over the Brigades, emphasis was laid on positive outcomes at the expense of potential negative outcomes. The study reveals that the takeover of the Brigades by the government was a noble gesture as evidenced by some gains in terms of financial stability, staff training, and improvement in staff conditions of service and plant maintenance. However, there was a range of undetected issues that emerged as a consequence of the takeover which includes job losses by some staff due to austerity-driven structural adjustment; lack of proper organizational structures for managing new enterprises; poor remuneration for some staff and the discontinuity of the concept of EWP. The study concludes that centralization of educational institutions needs a more rounded approach based on more holistic consultation with a range of beneficiaries. The future of EWP in Botswana is in jeopardy largely due to the government takeover.

A fase monopolista de desenvolvimento do capital, historicamente, foi permeada por uma série de alterações na organização da produção, com extensões em diversos aspectos da vida em sociedade. As mudanças na inter-relação entre a estrutura produtiva e o setor financeiro caracterizaram esse processo, que envolveu também uma intensificação do grau de concentração e centralização do capital. Esta proposta objetiva avaliar, sob prisma diferenciado, o circuito secundário de movimentação de capital: o setor imobiliário e nele os shopping centers, considerados uma demonstração típica das forças capitalistas atuais. Pretendo identificar como a circulação do capital se movimenta internamente, no shopping , através de seus agentes o empreendedor, a administradora, o lojista e o cliente, e externamente na captação de recursos através das fusões, aquisições e abertura de capital, contribuindo com o crescimento dessa nova modalidade de acumulação e financeirização. / The monopolist phase of the capital development was, historically, permeated by a number of changes in the organization of the production, with extensions in various aspects in the life in society. The changes in the interrelation between the production structure and the financial sector characterized this process, which envolved an intensification of the concentration degree and centralization of the capital too. This proposal aims to evaluate, under a differentiated prism, the secondary circuit of movement of capital: the real estate - the shopping malls, considered a typical demonstration of the current capitalist forces. I intend to identify how \"the movement of capital\" moves internally in the malls, through its \"agents\" - the entrepreneur, the administrator, the shopkeeper and the client, and externally, in the fund raising through mergers, acquisitions and IPO, contributing in this new mode of accumulation and financialization.