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Title When mayors take charge [electronic resource] : school governance in the city / Joseph P. Viteritti, editor.

Imprint Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.

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Description xiv, 255 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject School districts -- United States -- Administration -- Case studies.
Urban schools -- United States -- Administration -- Case studies.
Public schools -- United States -- Administration -- Case studies.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Viteritti, Joseph P., 1946-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780815790440 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815790449 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815790433 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0815790430 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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