02889nam a2200397 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020003900112020003600151020003800187020003500225040002100260035002100281043001200302050002600314082002100340082001200361245011600373260006100489300002400550504005100574505092900625520036501554533015201919650006702071650006402138650006502202655002902267700003302296710001702329856012602346999001902472ebr10338456CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||081106s2009    dcua    sb    001 0 eng    z  2008045221  z9780815790440 (cloth : alk. paper)  z0815790449 (cloth : alk. paper)  z9780815790433 (pbk. : alk. paper)  z0815790430 (pbk. : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)463463897  an-us---14aLB2817.3b.W47 2009eb04a379.1/53097322204a37822200aWhen mayors take chargeh[electronic resource] :bschool governance in the city /cJoseph P. Viteritti, editor.  aWashington, D.C. :bBrookings Institution Press,cc2009.  axiv, 255 p. :bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aWhy 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.  a"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.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aSchool districtszUnited StatesxAdministrationvCase studies. 0aUrban schoolszUnited StatesxAdministrationvCase studies. 0aPublic schoolszUnited StatesxAdministrationvCase studies. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aViteritti, Joseph P.,d1946-2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10338456zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c158337d158337