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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972637103321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

9781589014367

1589014367

9781435627550

1435627555

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

American governance and public policy

Altri autori (Persone)

WongKenneth K. <1955->

Disciplina

379.1/530973

Soggetti

School management and organization - United States

School improvement programs - United States

Educational change - United States

Education, Urban - United States

Mayors - United States

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

In 2002 the No Child Left Behind Act rocked America's schools with new initiatives for results-based accountability. But years before NCLB was signed, a new movement was already under way by mayors to take control of city schools from school boards and integrate the management of public education with the overall governing of the city. The Education Mayor is a critical look at mayoral control of urban school districts, beginning with Boston's schools in 1992 and examining more than 100 school districts in 40 states.The authors seek



to answer four central questions:  What does school governanc

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484081603321

Autore

Goh Joseph N. <1971->

Titolo

Doing Church at the Amplify Open and Affirming Conferences : Queer Ecclesiologies in Asia / / by Joseph N. Goh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021

ISBN

9783030733148

3030733149

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 pages)

Collana

Asian Christianity in the Diaspora, , 2945-6940

Disciplina

261.835766

Soggetti

Theology

Christianity and the social sciences

Christian sociology

Ethnology - Asia

Culture

Christian Theology

Social Scientific Studies of Christianity

Asian Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Gender Variance, Sexual Diversity and Christianity in Asia -- 2. Amplify Open and Affirming Conferences -- 3. An Ecclesiology of Interminable Flourishing -- 4. An Ecclesiology of Promiscuous Irregularity -- 5. An Ecclesiology of Eschatological Accountability -- 6. Open and Affirming Inclusivity: The Journey Continues.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a dedicated academic study of Amplify, a series of open and affirming Christian conferences in Asia that provides spaces of worship, support, fellowship, collaboration, and networking for LGBTIQ-affirming churches. Through a detailed analysis of narratives from fourteen Amplify frontliners comprising co-founders, hosts, organisers, co-organisers, speakers, consultants, and other active



contributors, this volume chronicles the historical development of Amplify from its 2009 inception in Singapore to subsequent occurrences in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and, most recently, Taiwan in 2018. Written at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and theology, the focus of this volume lies in the construction of Asian LGBTIQ ecclesiologies that emanate from, and speak to the theological vision of doing church at Amplify. Joseph N. Goh is a Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies at the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University, Malaysia. He is the author of Living Out Sexuality and Faith: Body Admissions of Malaysian Gay and Bisexual Men (2018) and Becoming a Malaysian Trans Man: Gender, Society, Body and Faith (2020).