TY  - BOOK
AU  - Viteritti,Joseph P.
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - When mayors take charge: school governance in the city 
AV  - LB2817.3 .W47 2009eb
U1  - 379.1/530973 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Brookings Institution Press
KW  - School districts
KW  - United States
KW  - Administration
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Urban schools
KW  - Public schools
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
N2  - "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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