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When mayors take charge : school governance in the city / Joseph P. Viteritti, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School districts--United States--Administration--Case studies.
- School districts.
- Urban schools--United States--Administration--Case studies.
- Urban schools.
- Public schools--United States--Administration--Case studies.
- Public schools.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612131554
- 9781282131552
- 1282131559
- 9780815701941
- 0815701942
- OCLC:
- 463463897
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