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American educational governance on trial : change and challenges / edited by William Lowe Boyd and Debra Miretzky.

Boyd, William Lowe, 1935-; Miretzky, Debra.
2003
LB5 .N25 v.102 pt.1 (Mapit)
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Title
American educational governance on trial : change and challenges / edited by William Lowe Boyd and Debra Miretzky.
ISBN
0226069702
9780226069708
Publication Details
Chicago, Ill. : National Society for the Study of Education : Distributed by the University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Language
English
Description
viii, 318 pages ; 24 cm.
Call Number
LB5 .N25 v.102 pt.1
Dewey Decimal Classification
379.150973
Summary
Section 1 of American Educational Governance on Trial: Change and Challenges explores the issues and the implications associated with the performance and legitimacy crises. Section 2 presents alternative views about how to "fix" the educational governance system, including perspectives on systemic design, school finance, and choice options. Section 3 is devoted to rethinking the governance of school districts, with discussions on mayoral and state take overs, teacher unions, community involvement, the superintendency, and reconstitution of failing systems, along with a look at the Supreme Court's Zelman decision. Section 4 concludes the volume with reflections on state and federal roles in governance - past, present, and future.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Added Author
Boyd, William Lowe, 1935-
Miretzky, Debra.
Series
Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education ; 102nd, pt. 1.
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Sec. I. Why is educational governance on trial? Public education's crisis of performance and legitimacy: rationale and overview of the yearbook / William Lowe Boyd
Accountability, assessment, and performance issues: we've come a long way, or have we? / Jane Hannaway
Liberty, democracy, and community: legitimacy in public education / Kenneth Strike
Sec. II. How to fix the educational governance system. What's wrong with public education governance in big cities and how should it be fixed? / Paul T. Hill
Rethinking the finance system for improved student achievement / Allan Odden, Sarah Archibald and Mark Fermanich
Breaking the mold: charter schools, contract schools, and voucher plans / Frederick M. Hess
Sec. III. Rethinking the governance of school districts. Vouchers, the Supreme Court, and the next political rounds / Tyll van Geel
Rethinking the role of the community / Luvern Cunningham
Rethinking the urban school superintendency: nontraditional leaders and new models of leadership / Joseph M. Cronin and Michael D. Usdan
Mayoral influence, new regimes, and public school governance / Michael W. Kirst
"Ravening tigers" under siege: teacher union legitimacy and institutional turmoil / Charles Taylor Kerchner and Bruce S. Cooper
Educational bankruptcy, takeovers, and reconstitution / James Cibulka
Sec. IV. Rethinking the state and federal roles in educational governance. Rethinking the roles of states and educational governance / Carolyn Herrington and Frances Fowler
From the White House to the schoolhouse: greater demands and new roles / Jack Jennings.

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