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1 online resource (xiv, 255 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"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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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
School districts -- United States -- Administration -- Case studies.
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School districts. |
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United States. |
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Administration. |
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Urban schools -- United States -- Administration -- Case studies.
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Urban schools. |
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Public schools -- United States -- Administration -- Case studies.
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Public schools. |
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Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Viteritti, Joseph P., 1946-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: When mayors take charge. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, ©2009 9780815790440 (DLC) 2008045221 (OCoLC)231581684 |
| ISBN |
9780815701941 electronic book |
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0815701942 electronic book |
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9780815790440 |
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0815790449 |
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9780815790433 |
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0815790430 |
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