عنوان

When mayors take charge :

0815790430

0815790449

9780815790433

9780815790440

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When mayors take charge :

[Book]

school governance in the city /

Joseph P. Viteritti, editor

Washington, D.C. :

Brookings Institution Press,

[2009]

©2009

xiv, 255 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Acknowledgments -- Letter from Betsey Gotbaum -- Prologue / Stephen R. Aiello -- Why governance matters / Joseph P. Viteritti -- General overviews -- Mayoral control : what we can and cannot learn from other cities / Jeffrey R. Henig -- Mayoral control of schools : politics, trade-offs, and outcomes / Michael W. Kirst -- Does mayoral control improve performance in urban districts? / Kenneth K. Wong -- City case studies -- Governing the Boston public schools : lessons in mayoral control / John Portz and Robert Schwartz -- Updating tradition : the institutional underpinnings of modern mayoral control in Chicago's public schools / Dorothy Shipps -- Who's afraid of a mayoral takeover of Detroit public schools? / Wilbur C. Rich -- The New York experience -- A history of public school governance in New York City / Diane Ravitch -- Parent power and mayoral control : parent and community involvement in New York City schools / Clara Hemphill -- New York : past, present, future / Joseph P. Viteritti -- Editor's postscript -- About the authors -- Index

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"Assesses the results of mayoral control nationwide, detailing the experience in three key cities: Boston and Chicago, the major prototypes for mayoral control, and Detroit, where mayoral control was not successful. Also provides the first in-depth examination of New York City, where the law installing mayoral control sunsets in 2009"--Provided by publisher

Public schools-- United States-- Administration, Case studies

School districts-- United States-- Administration, Case studies

Urban schools-- United States-- Administration, Case studies

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