Abstract
Frameworks developed to analyze other political systems can be suc cessfully applied to educational decision-making units. This study reports on the application of Gabriel Almond's model to the proceedings of school board meetings, and the author contends that the functional- systems approach does clarify to a great extent the actual work of school boards. Mr. Scribner is assistant professor of education at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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