The education mayor improving America's schools /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Wong, Kenneth K., 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2007.
Series:American governance and public policy.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.