BIBFRAME Work

Title

When mayors take charge : school governance in the city

Type

  • Monograph
  • Text

Contribution

Subject

  • School districts--United States--Administration (LCSH)
  • Public schools--United States--Administration (LCSH)
  • Urban schools--United States--Administration (LCSH)

Genre Form

Language

Illustrative Content

Classification

  • DDC: 378 (Assigner: dlc)
  • LCC: LB2817.3 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: uba)
  • DDC: 379.1/530973 (Assigner: dlc)

Content

Supplementary content

Summary

"Assesses the results of mayoral control nationwide, detailing the experience in three key cities: Boston and Chicago, the major prototypes for mayoral control, and Detroit, where mayoral control was not successful. Also provides the first in-depth examination of New York City, where the law installing mayoral control sunsets in 2009"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Why governance matters / Joseph P. Viteritti -- General overviews -- Mayoral control : what we can and cannot learn from other cities / Jeffrey R. Henig -- Mayoral control of schools : politics, trade-offs, and outcomes / Michael W. Kirst -- Does mayoral control improve performance in urban districts? / Kenneth K. Wong -- City case studies -- Governing the Boston public schools : lessons in mayoral control / John Portz and Robert Schwartz -- Updating tradition : the institutional underpinnings of modern mayoral control in Chicago's public schools / Dorothy Shipps -- Who's afraid of a mayoral takeover of Detroit public schools? / Wilbur C. Rich -- The New York experience -- A history of public school governance in New York City / Diane Ravitch -- Parent power and mayoral control : parent and community involvement in New York City schools / Clara Hemphill -- New York : past, present, future / Joseph P. Viteritti.

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When mayors take charge : school governance in the city

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Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11T20:12:27.356362+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 23976137

Admin Metadata

  • Date: 2026-09-11
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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