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The education mayor : improving America's schools / Kenneth K. Wong ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- American governance and public policy.
- American governance and public policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School management and organization--United States.
- School management and organization.
- 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:
- 1 online resource (271 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 2002 the No Child Left Behind Act rocked America's schools with new initiatives for results-based accountability. But years before NCLB was signed, a new movement was already under way by mayors to take control of city schools from school boards and integrate the management of public education with the overall governing of the city. The Education Mayor is a critical look at mayoral control of urban school districts, beginning with Boston's schools in 1992 and examining more than 100 school districts in 40 states.The authors seek to answer four central questions: What does school governanc
- Contents:
- 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
- Mayoral governance of schools as laboratories of democracy.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781589014367
- 1589014367
- 9781435627550
- 1435627555
- OCLC:
- 614491939
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