02889nam a2200397 a 4500 ebr10338456 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 081106s2009 dcua sb 001 0 eng 2008045221 9780815790440 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815790449 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780815790433 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815790430 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)463463897 n-us--- LB2817.3 .W47 2009eb 379.1/530973 22 378 22 When mayors take charge [electronic resource] : school governance in the city / Joseph P. Viteritti, editor. Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009. xiv, 255 p. : ill. 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. "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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. School districts United States Administration Case studies. Urban schools United States Administration Case studies. Public schools United States Administration Case studies. Electronic books. local Viteritti, Joseph P., 1946- ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10338456 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 158337 158337