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

Contributor(s): Wong, Kenneth K, 1955- | ebrary, Inc.
Series: American governance and public policy: Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2007Description: xv, 254 p. : ill.Subject(s): School management and organization -- United States | School improvement programs -- United States | Educational change -- United States | Education, Urban -- United States | Mayors -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 379.1/530973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.