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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457922503321

Titolo

Besieged [[electronic resource] ] : school boards and the future of education politics / / William G. Howell, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2005

ISBN

9786610813179

1-280-81317-2

0-8157-9769-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HowellWilliam G

Disciplina

379.1/531

Soggetti

School boards - United States

School management and organization - United States

Education - Political aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1.  Introduction; 2.  The Local School District in American Law; 3.  School District Consolidation and Student Outcomes:  Does Size Matter?; 4.  When Mayors Lead Urban Schools:  Assessing the Effects of Takeover; 5.  Desegregation and School Board Politics:  The Limits of Court-Imposed Policy Change; 6.  Local School Boards as Authorizers of Charter Schools; 7.  Democratic Accountability in Public Education; 8.  Minority Incorporation and Local School Boards; 9.  Electoral Structure and the Quality of Representation on School Boards

10.  School House Politics:  Expenditures, Interests, and Competition in School Board Elections11.  Teacher Unions and School Board Elections; 12.  Contextual Influences on Participation in School Governance; 13. The End of Local Politics?; 14. What School Boards Can and Cannot (or Will Not) Accomplish; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"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 various governance reforms"--Provided by publisher.