Big City Mayors and School Governance Reform: The Case of School District Takeover

Autor/inn/en	Wong, Kenneth K.; Shen, Francis X.
Titel	Big City Mayors and School Governance Reform: The Case of School District Takeover
Quelle	In: Peabody Journal of Education, 78 (2003) 1, S.5-32 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0161-956X
DOI	10.1207/S15327930PJE7801_2
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Governance; Urban Schools; Public Schools; School Districts; Public Officials; Government School Relationship; City Government; School Administration; School District Autonomy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; School district; Schulbezirk; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie
Abstract	As the "Peabody Journal of Education" celebrates its 80th anniversary, educational policymakers and practitioners are keenly aware of the many changes in the way public schools have been governed in large urban districts over the last 80 years. Among the most significant changes is the role of the mayor. Although the 1920s saw partisan politics in retreat because of the reform efforts of the Progressive movement, mayors (and governors) have felt the political pressure to mediate intense interest-group competition since the 1960s. By the 1990s, mayors in several big cities, with gubernatorial support, decided to lead the public school system. Clearly, the relationship between the mayors and the schools has been reconfigured in the last 80 years. This article aims to analyze mayoral takeover as a reform strategy. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10