The education mayor improving America's schools /

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Corporate Authors: ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions, ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Wong, Kenneth K., 1955-
Format: Online Book
Language:English
Published: Georgetown University Press, 2007
Series:American governance and public policy.
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Online Access:https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/villanova-ebooks/detail.action?docID=516802
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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.