Mayors And Schools

Author : Kenneth K. Wong,Francis X. Shen,Dorothea Anagnostopoulos,Stacey Rutledge
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1589014367

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The Education Mayor by Kenneth K. Wong,Francis X. Shen,Dorothea Anagnostopoulos,Stacey Rutledge Pdf

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 look like under mayoral leadership? • How does mayoral control affect school and student performance? • What are the key factors for success or failure of integrated governance? • How does mayoral control effect practical changes in schools and classrooms? The results of their examination indicate that, although mayoral control of schools may not be appropriate for every district, it can successfully emphasize accountability across the education system, providing more leverage for each school district to strengthen its educational infrastructure and improve student performance. Based on extensive quantitative data as well as case studies, this analytical study provides a balanced look at America's education reform. As the first multidistrict empirical examination and most comprehensive overall evaluation of mayoral school reform, The Education Mayor is a must-read for academics, policymakers, educational administrators, and civic and political leaders concerned about public education.

Author : Stefanie Chambers
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Education
ISBN : 1592134696

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Mayors and Schools by Stefanie Chambers Pdf

This book examines the national trend toward mayoral control of big-city school districts through comparative case studies of Chicago and Cleveland - two school districts that adopted mayoral control during the 1990s. Chambers takes up the question of whether granting control to mayors in major cities will indeed fix public school systems. She finds that although both cities have experienced noteworthy improvements in student performance since mayoral control, the increased centralization of decision-making has reduced minority participation in democratic politics. Chambers argues that this conundrum of improved performance at the cost of decreased minority participation could undermine the very democratic and civic values that schools try to teach. In a concluding chapter, she offers several suggestions for better incorporating minority participation educational decisions, even while centralizing more power in mayors' offices.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:745211637

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الرافعي والانتصار للعربية by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeffrey R. Henig,Wilbur C. Rich
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780691222578

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Mayors in the Middle by Jeffrey R. Henig,Wilbur C. Rich Pdf

Desperate to jump-start the reform process in America's urban schools, politicians, scholars, and school advocates are looking increasingly to mayors for leadership. But does a stronger mayoral role represent bold institutional change with real potential to improve big-city schools, or just the latest in the copycat world of school reform du jour? Is it democratic? Why have efforts to put mayors in charge so often generated resistance along racial dividing lines? Public debate and scholarly analysis have shied away from confronting such issues head-on. Mayors in the Middle brings together, for students of education policy and urban politics as well as scholars and school advocates, the most thoughtful and original analyses of the promise and limitations of mayoral takeovers of schools. Reflecting on the experience of six cities--Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, and Washington, D.C.--ten of the nation's leading experts on education politics tackle the question of whether putting mayors in charge is a step in the right direction. Through the case studies and the wide-ranging essays that follow and build upon them, the contributors--Stefanie Chambers, Jeffrey R. Henig, Kenneth J. Meier, Jeffrey Mirel, Marion Orr, John Portz, Wilbur C. Rich, Dorothy Shipps, and Clarence N. Stone--begin the process of answering questions critical to the future of inner-city children, the prospects for urban revitalization, and the shape of American education in the years to come.

Author : David Rogers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780387711430

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Mayoral Control of the New York City Schools by David Rogers Pdf

This book examines the political dynamics of the governance overhaul and how the management styles of Mayor Bloomberg and School Chancellor Klein affect its design and implementation in the Mayor’s first term. The trend toward mayoral governance is happening in other large cities, stimulated in part by business leaders, mayors, and states concerned about how the schools contribute to declining global competitiveness and chronic social and economic problems of inner cities.

Author : Joseph P. Viteritti
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780815701941

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When Mayors Take Charge by Joseph P. Viteritti Pdf

Large urban school systems have been the weakest link in American education, driving middle-class families into the suburbs while contributing mightily to the racial learning gap. Activist mayors in several major cities have responded by taking control of their public schools. When Mayors Take Charge is the most up-to-date assessment available on this phenomenon. It brings together the topic's leading experts to analyze the factors and people driving the trend, its achievements and shortcomings, its prospects for the future, and ways to improve it. Part One of the book assesses the results of mayoral control nationwide. The second section details the experience in three key cities: Boston and Chicago, the major prototypes for mayoral control, and Detroit, where mayoral control ended in disaster. The final section provides the first in-depth examination of New York City, where the law installing mayoral control sunsets in 2009. Viteritti's opening essay and postscript frame the analysis to shed light on the significance and limitations of governance reform. Contributors include Clara Hemphill (formerly NewYork Newsday), Jeffrey R. Henig (Columbia University), Michael Kirst (Stanford University), John Portz (Northeastern University), Diane Ravitch (NYU),Wilbur C. Rich (Wellesley College), Robert Schwartz (Harvard University), Dorothy Shipps (Baruch College), and Kenneth K.Wong (Brown University).

Author : David Rogers
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0387565515

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Mayoral Control of the New York City Schools by David Rogers Pdf

This book examines the political dynamics of the governance overhaul and how the management styles of Mayor Bloomberg and School Chancellor Klein affect its design and implementation in the Mayor’s first term. The trend toward mayoral governance is happening in other large cities, stimulated in part by business leaders, mayors, and states concerned about how the schools contribute to declining global competitiveness and chronic social and economic problems of inner cities.

Author : Wilbur C Rich
Publisher : Garland Science
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000525953

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Black Mayors and School Politics by Wilbur C Rich Pdf

First Published in 1996. Some people believe that if inner-city black children had excellent schools, they would perform better in them. Granted, schools are a part of the problem, but they are not all of the solution. Schools are only buildings where teachers, administrators, and students interact. Learning is a more much complex process. There are many forces arrayed against an inner-city child that preclude him/her from mastering the education process. Among these forces are poverty, family instability, disruptive classroom environments, and incompetent teachers. There seems to be no end to research and speculation about how to overcome these forces. However, the author asserts that the gap between black and white children continues to widen. With research beginning in 1989, exploring three school systems for this study: Detroit, Michigan; Gary, Indiana; and Newark, New Jersey. The book presents a systematic survey of school politics in these three cities, giving particular emphasis to local reform efforts.

Author : Paul T. Hill,Christine Campbell,James Harvey
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-09-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 0815723555

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It Takes a City by Paul T. Hill,Christine Campbell,James Harvey Pdf

Mayoral takeovers of big city public education systems are desperation measures. After decades of decline in school quality, something must be done to make sure city children learn enough to function as adults in American society. But how can city leaders make a real difference? This book, a sequel to Fixing Urban Schools (Brookings, 1998), is a practical guide for mayors, civic leaders, school board members, and involved citizens. Based on case studies of city reform initiatives in Boston, Memphis, New York City District #2, San Antonio, San Francisco, and Seattle, the book provides practical guidance on how to formulate a plan bold enough to work and how to deal with political opposition to change. It concludes that mayors and private sector leaders must stay engaged in education reform by creating new public-private institutions to support high quality schools.

Author : Kenneth K. Wong,Francis X. Shen,Dorothea Anagnostopoulos,Stacey Rutledge
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781589011793

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The Education Mayor by Kenneth K. Wong,Francis X. Shen,Dorothea Anagnostopoulos,Stacey Rutledge Pdf

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 look like under mayoral leadership? - How does mayoral control affect school and student performance? - What are the key factors for success or failure of integrated governance? - How does mayoral control effect practical changes in schools and classrooms? The results of their examination indicate that, although mayoral control of schools may not be appropriate for every district, it can successfully emphasize accountability across the education system, providing more leverage for each school district to strengthen its educational infrastructure and improve student performance. Based on extensive quantitative data as well as case studies, this analytical study provides a balanced look at America's education reform. As the first multidistrict empirical examination and most comprehensive overall evaluation of mayoral school reform, The Education Mayor is a must-read for academics, policymakers, educational administrators, and civic and political leaders concerned about public education.

Author : Ebenezer Bailey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1828
Category : Boston (Mass.)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044055030878

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Review of the Mayor's Report, on the Subject of Schools by Ebenezer Bailey Pdf

Author : Ebenezer Bailey
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1357026293

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Review of the Mayor's Report, on the Subject of Schools by Ebenezer Bailey Pdf

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Author : William G. Howell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2005-04-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780815797692

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Besieged by William G. Howell Pdf

School boards are fighting for their survival. Almost everything that they do is subject to regulations handed down from city councils, state boards of education, legislatures, and courts. As recent mayoral and state takeovers in such cities as Baltimore, Chicago, and New York make abundantly clear, school boards that do not fulfill the expectations of other political players may be stripped of what few independent powers they still retain. Teachers unions exert growing influence over board decision-making processes. And with the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act, the federal government has aggressively inserted itself into matters of local education governance. B esieged is the first full-length volume in many years to systematically examine the politics that surround school boards. A group of highly renowned scholars, relying on both careful case studies and quantitative analyses, examine how school boards fare when they interact with their political superiors, teachers unions, and the public. For the most part, the picture that emerges is sobering: while school boards perform certain administrative functions quite well, the political pressures they face undermine their capacity to institute the wide-ranging school reforms that many voters and local leaders are currently demanding.

Author : Juvenal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600087674

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Juvenal for schools, ed. by J.E.B. Mayor by Juvenal Pdf

Author : Paul M. Green,Melvin G. Holli
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780809331994

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The Mayors by Paul M. Green,Melvin G. Holli Pdf

Originally released in 1987, The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition gathered some of the finest minds in political thought to provide shrewd analysis of Chicago’s mayors and their administrations. Twenty-five years later, this fourth edition continues to illuminate the careers of some of Chicago’s most respected, forceful, and even notorious mayors, leaders whose lives were often as vibrant and eclectic as the city they served. In addition to chapters on the individual mayors—including a new chapter on Rahm Emanuel, enhanced by an expert explanation of the current state of the city’s budget by Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation—this new edition offers an insightful overview of the Chicago mayoral tradition throughout the city’s history; rankings of the mayors evaluated on their leadership and political qualities; an appendix of Chicago’s mayors and their years of service; and additional updated materials. Chicago’s mayoral history is one of corruption and reform, scandal and ambition. This well-researched volume, more relevant than ever twenty-five years after its first edition, presents an intriguing and informative glimpse into the fascinating lives and legacies of Chicago’s most influential leaders.