The transformation of great American school districts : how big cities are reshaping public education / edited by William Lowe Boyd, Charles Taylor Kerchner, Mark Blyth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boyd, William Lowe, 1935-

Kershner, Charles Taylor.

Blyth, Mark, 1967-

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

United States.

Public schools--United States.

Public schools.

Educational innovations--United States.

Educational innovations.

School management and organization--United States.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

207 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Harvard Education Press, [2008]

Contents:

Introduction: institutional change in urban school districts / William Lowe Boyd, Charles Taylor Kerchner, Mark Blyth

Comparing the progressive model and contemporary formative ideas and trends / Charles Taylor Kerchner, David Menefee-Libey, Laura Steen Mulfinger

Radical privatization in Philadelphia: the role of school district leaders as policy entrepreneurs / William Lowe Boyd, Jolley Bruce Christman, Elizabeth Useem

Neo-Progressivism as school reform in Chicago: big change, little difference? / Dorothy Shipps

"Plus Ça Change..." Mayoral control in New York City / Norm Fruchter

Mayoral takeover in the District of Columbia: the need for a shake-up / Jane Hannaway, Michael D. Usdam

The persistence of ideas in Los Angeles public school reform / David Menefee-Libey, Charles Taylor Kerchner, Laura Steen Mulfinger

Studying education systems with the tools of institutional theory / Mark Blyth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-192) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

189179292X

9781891792922

1891792938

9781891792939

OCLC:

191245374