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

Contributor(s): Series: American governance and public policyPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2007.Description: xv, 254 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 379.1/530973 22
LOC classification:
  • LB2805 .E282 2007eb
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Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.