03228nam 2200613 a 450 991077802220332120230721022306.01-282-13155-997866121315540-8157-0194-2(CKB)1000000000785867(EBL)472743(OCoLC)463463897(SSID)ssj0000271025(PQKBManifestationID)11213189(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271025(PQKBWorkID)10280264(PQKB)11040241(MiAaPQ)EBC472743(MdBmJHUP)muse35272(Au-PeEL)EBL472743(CaPaEBR)ebr10338456(CaONFJC)MIL213155(EXLCZ)99100000000078586720081106d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhen mayors take charge[electronic resource] school governance in the city /Joseph P. Viteritti, editorWashington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20091 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-9044-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.School districtsUnited StatesAdministrationCase studiesUrban schoolsUnited StatesAdministrationCase studiesPublic schoolsUnited StatesAdministrationCase studiesSchool districtsAdministrationUrban schoolsAdministrationPublic schoolsAdministration379.1/530973378Viteritti Joseph P.1946-1531190MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778022203321When mayors take charge3867213UNINA