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Mayors in the middle : politics, race, and mayoral control of urban schools / edited by Jeffrey R. Henig and Wilbur C. Rich.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Princeton paperbacks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Urban--Political aspects--United States--Case studies.
- Education, Urban.
- Urban policy--United States--Case studies.
- Urban policy.
- Mayors.
- Education, Urban--Political aspects.
- United States.
- Mayors--United States--Case studies.
- Education and state--United States--Case studies.
- Education and state.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Desperate to jump-start the reform process in America's urban schools, politicians, scholars, and school advocates are looking increasingly to mayors for leadership. But does a stronger mayoral role represent bold institutional change with real potential to improve big-city schools, or just the latest in the copycat world of school reform du jour? Mayors in the Middle brings together the most thoughtful and original analyses of the promise and limitations of mayoral takeovers of schools.
- Reflecting on the experience of six cities -- Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Washington, D.C. -- ten of the nation's leading experts on education politics tackle the question of whether putting mayors in charge is a step in the right direction. Through the case studies and the wide-ranging essays that follow and build upon them, the contributors -- Stefanie Chambers, Jeffrey R. Henig, Kenneth J. Meler, Jeffrey Mirel, Marion Orr, John Portz, Wilbur C. Rich, Dorothy Shipps, and Clarence N. Stone -- begin the process of answering questions critical to the future of inner-city children, the prospects for urban revitalization, and the shape of American education in the years to come.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Mayor-centrism in Context / Jeffrey R. Henig, Wilbur C. Rich 3
- Chapter 2 Baltimore: The Limits of Mayoral Control / Marion Orr 27
- Chapter 3 Chicago: The National "Model" Reexamined / Dorothy Shipps 59
- Chapter 4 Boston: Agenda Setting and School Reform in a Mayor-centric System / John Portz 96
- Chapter 5 Detroit: "There Is Still a Long Road to Travel, and Success Is Far from Assured." / Jeffrey Mirel 120
- Chapter 6 Cleveland: Takeovers and Makeovers Are Not the Same / Wilbur C. Rich, Stefanie Chambers 159
- Chapter 7 Washington, D.C.: Race, Issue Definition, and School Board Restructuring / Jeffrey R. Henig 191
- Part 3 Theoretical Perspectives
- Chapter 8 Structure, Politics, and Policy: The Logic of Mayoral Control / Kenneth J. Meier 221
- Chapter 9 Mayors and the Challenge of Modernization / Clarence N. Stone 232
- Chapter 10 Concluding Observations: Governance Structure as a Tool, Not a Solution / Jeffrey R. Henig, Wilbur C. Rich 249.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0691115079
- 0691115060
- OCLC:
- 52587827
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