When mayors take charge (Record no. 47727)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02887nam a2200397 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 379.1/530973 |
| Classification number | 378 |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | When mayors take charge |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Washington, D.C. : |
| Name of publisher | Brookings Institution Press, |
| Year of publication | c2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv, 255 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | School districts |
| Topical Term | Urban schools |
| Topical Term | Public schools |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Viteritti, Joseph P., |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10338456 |
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