The education mayor : improving America's schools

The education mayor : improving America's schools / Kenneth K. Wong [and others].

In 2002 the No Child Left Behind Act rocked America's schools with new initiatives for results-based accountability. But years before NCLB was signed, a new movement was already under way by mayors to take control of city schools from school boards and integrate the management of public educati...

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Other Authors: Wong, Kenneth K., 1955-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2007.
Series:American governance and public policy.
Subjects:
School management and organization > United States.
School improvement programs > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Education, Urban > United States.
Mayors > United States.
EDUCATION > Finance.
Education, Urban
Educational change
Mayors
School improvement programs
School management and organization
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Mayoral governance in education gains prominence
  • 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
  • Mayorally governed school districts as laboratories of democracy.

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