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Title The education mayor [electronic resource] : improving America's schools / Kenneth K. Wong ... [et al.].

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2007.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xv, 254 p. : ill.
Series American governance and public policy
American governance and public policy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject School management and organization -- United States.
School improvement programs -- United States.
Educational change -- United States.
Education, Urban -- United States.
Mayors -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Wong, Kenneth K., 1955-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781589011793 (alk. paper)
1589011791 (pbk)

 
    
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