![Sample our Education journals, sign in here to start your access, latest two full volumes FREE to you for 14 days]({"type":"image" , "src" : "/sda/5932/TOC-Subject-Sample-2021-Education.jpg"})
ABSTRACT
This article explores the research question: How does the nature of interest group influence on school superintendents vary across school district locale/? Utilizing a survey of Wisconsin superintendents, the author tests several hypotheses related to the relationship between school district locale and superintendent perceptions of interest group influence. The results show that Rural/Town superintendents experience more overall interest group pressure, that less formal parent organizations are generally the most dominant interest groups in school districts, and that there are links between interest group pressures and performance.
Disclosure Statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Notes
1. Some school districts use the term District Administrator as opposed to Superintendent when describing the school district executive.
2. Wisconsin’s largest school district, the Milwaukee Public Schools, does not allow unsolicited superintendent surveys.