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Online-Ressource (271 p.)
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9781589011793
Serie:
American Governance and Public Policy series
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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 education with the overall governing of the city. The Education Mayor is a critical look at mayoral control of urban school districts, beginning with Boston's schools in 1992 and examining more than 100 school districts in 40 states.The authors seek to answer four central questions: What does school governance
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Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Mayoral Governance in Education Gains Prominence; CHAPTER ONE: The Historical and Political Context of Integrated Governance; CHAPTER TWO: The New-Style Education Mayors; CHAPTER THREE: Evaluating the Effects of Mayoral Control; CHAPTER FOUR: Integrated Governance as a Strategy to Improve School Performance; CHAPTER FIVE: Considering the Gap between High- and Low- Performing Schools; CHAPTER SIX: Accountability and Urban High Schools: The Challenge of Improving Instructional Practices
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CHAPTER SEVEN: Toward Strategic Deployment of ResourcesCHAPTER EIGHT: The Political Dynamics of Building Public Support for Education; CHAPTER NINE: Mayorally Governed School Districts as Laboratories of Democracy; APPENDIX: Achievement Analysis Methodology and Additional Findings for Chapter Four; Notes; References; Index;
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ISBN 9781589014367
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ISBN 9781589011793
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Education Mayor : Improving America's Schools
Sprache:
Englisch
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Mehr zum Autor:
Wong, Kenneth K. 1955-
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