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The Education Mayor
Improving America's Schools
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Artikel-Nr:
9781589011793
Veröffentl:
2007
Seiten:
272
Autor:
Kenneth K. Wong
Gewicht:
372 g
Format:
228x154x15 mm
Serie:
American Governance and Public Policy series
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Kenneth K. Wong is Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor in Education Policy and director of the Urban Education Policy Program at Brown University. He is the author of Funding Public Schools: Politics and Policy and coauthor of Successful Schools and Educational Accountability. Francis X. Shen is a licensed attorney and a doctoral fellow at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Dorothea Anagnostopoulos is an assistant professor of teacher education at Michigan State University. Stacey A. Rutledge is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Florida State University.
In 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act rocked America's schools with new initiatives for results-based accountability. This work takes 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.
Preface Introduction: Mayoral Governance in Education Gains Prominence 1. The Historical and Political Context of Integrated Governance 2. The New Style Education Mayors 3. Evaluating the Effects of Mayoral Control 4. Integrated Governance as a Strategy to Improve School Performance 5. Considering the Gap between High- and Low- Performing Schools 6. Accountability and Urban High Schools: The Challenge of Improving Instructional Practices 7. Toward Strategic Deployment of Resources 8. The Political Dynamics of Building Public Support for Education 9. Mayorally Governed School Districts as Laboratories of Democracy Appendix: Achievement Analysis Methodology and Additional Findings for Chapter Four Notes References Index