TY - BOOK AU - Wong,Kenneth K. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The education mayor: improving America's schools T2 - American governance and public policy AV - LB2805 .E282 2007eb U1 - 379.1/530973 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Georgetown University Press KW - School management and organization KW - United States KW - School improvement programs KW - Educational change KW - Education, Urban KW - Mayors KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10236747 ER -