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The education mayor : improving America's schools / Kenneth K. Wong ... [and others].
Van Pelt Library LB2805 .E28126 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- American governance and public policy
- American governance and public policy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School management and organization--United States.
- School management and organization.
- United States.
- School improvement programs--United States.
- School improvement programs.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Education, Urban--United States.
- Education, Urban.
- Mayors--United States.
- Mayors.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 254 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Mayoral governance in education gains prominence
- The historical and political context of integrated governance
- The new-style education mayors
- Evaluating the effects of mayoral control
- Integrated governance as a strategy to improve school performance
- Considering the gap between high- and low-performing schools
- Accountability and urban high schools : the challenge of improving instructional practices
- Toward strategic deployment of resources
- The political dynamics in building public support for education
- Mayorally governed school districts as laboratories of democracy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781589011793
- 1589011791
- OCLC:
- 84838777
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