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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.
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A Must Read!.......2004-01-06
'Mayors in the Middle' is a must read for anyone interested in the politics of education. In a period characterized by growing public outcry that our schools are failing, increasing federal discretion over education policy resulting from the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act, and countless waves of education reforms, cities such as Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, DC, and Detroit have moved in the direction of giving mayors authority to control the public schools. In their new book, Henig and Rich have compiled ground break research from leading scholars in the field to examine the new phenomena of mayoral control of public schools. Although it may be too early to fully conceptualize the broad-ranging implications of mayoral control of public schools, Henig and Rich raise critical questions and successfully document the development of this mayor-centric reform. Individuals with an interest in education equity, federalism, governance structures, historical institutionalism, public policy, race, urban politics, and the future of America's public schools would find this book to be quite insightful. 'Mayors in the Middle' is eloquently written, timely, and intellectually engaging. Highly recommended!
A must read: Mayors in the Middle!.......2004-01-06
"Mayors in the Middle" is a must read for anyone interested in the politics of education. In a period characterized by growing public outcry that our schools our failing, increasing federal discretion over education policy resulting from the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act, and countless waves of education reforms, cities such as Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, DC, and Detroit have moved in the direction of giving mayors authority to control the public schools. In their new book, Henig and Rich have compiled ground break research from leading scholars in the field to examine the new phenomena of mayoral control of public schools. Although it may be too early to fully conceptualize the broad-ranging implications of mayoral control of public schools, Henig and Rich raise critical questions and successfully document the development of this mayor-centric reform. Individuals with an interest in education equity, federalism, governance structures, historical institutionalism, public policy, race, urban politics, and the future of America's public schools would find this book to be quite insightful. "Mayors in the Middle" is eloquently written, timely, and intellectually engaging. Highly recommended!
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Many informed persons may not know how and why public schools were originally established. This book describes how the origins of public schools influenced the nature of urban schooling for the next 150 years and more. It reveals the relationship between the organizational practices of urban schools and penal and military communities of the distant, pre-bureaucratic past. The focus is on the social functions schooling preformed in American society and the organizational forms that were used to carry out these functions.
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Title: "GIVING CONTROL OVER DESTINIES": STUDENTS PERSPECTIVES OF AN INNOVATIVE CROSS-CULTURAL TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM.
Author: Frank York
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Date: March 22, 2001
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Volume: 28
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