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Besieged : School Boards and the Future of Education Politics /
"Examines school board politics in U.S. cities at the end of the twentieth century, focusing on site-based management reforms, mayoral takeover, parental choice and competition, and standards and accountability initiatives, as well as the role of teacher unions, and assesses the promise of vari...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
2005.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / William G. Howell
- The local school district in American law / Richard Briffault
- School district consolidation and student outcomes : does size matter? / Christopher Berry
- When mayors lead urban schools : assessing the effects of mayoral takeover / Kenneth K. Wong and Francis X. Shen
- Desegregation and school board politics : the limits of court-imposed policy change / Luis Ricardo Fraga, Nick Rodriguez, and Bari Anhalt Erlichson
- Local school boards as authorizers of charter school / Paul Teske, Mark Schneider, and Erin Cassese
- Democratic accountability in public education / Christopher R. Berry and William G. Howell
- Minority incorporation and local school boards / Melissa J. Marschall
- Electoral structure and the quality of representation on school boards / Kenneth J. Meier and Eric Gonzlaez Juenke
- School house politics : expenditures, interests, and competition in school board elections / Frederick M. Hess and David L. Leal
- Teacher unions and school board elections / Terry M. Moe
- Contextual influences on participation in school governance / David E. Campbell
- The end of local politics? / Joseph P. Viteritti
- What school boards can and cannot (or will not) accomplish / Jennifer L. Hochschild.