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When mayors take charge : school governance in the city /

"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 in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Viteritti, Joseph P., 1946- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.