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245 00 $aWhen mayors take charge :$bschool governance in the city /$cJoseph P. Viteritti, editor.
260 $aWashington, D.C. :$bBrookings Institution Press,$cc2009.
300 $axiv, 255 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aAcknowledgments -- Letter from Betsy Gotbaum -- Prologue / Stephen R. Aiello -- 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 -- Editor's postscript -- About the authors -- Index.
520 $a"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.
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