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020 _z9780815790440 (cloth : alk. paper)
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035 _a(OCoLC)463463897
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245 0 0 _aWhen mayors take charge
_h[electronic resource] :
_bschool governance in the city /
_cJoseph P. Viteritti, editor.
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bBrookings Institution Press,
_cc2009.
300 _axiv, 255 p. :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aWhy 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.
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.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2013.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aSchool districts
_zUnited States
_xAdministration
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aUrban schools
_zUnited States
_xAdministration
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aPublic schools
_zUnited States
_xAdministration
_vCase studies.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
700 1 _aViteritti, Joseph P.,
_d1946-
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10338456
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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