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School boards are fighting for their survival. Almost everything that they do is subject to regulations handed down from city councils, state boards of education, legislatures, and courts. As recent mayoral and state takeovers in such cities as Baltimore, Chicago, and New York make abundantly clear, school boards that do not fulfill the expectations of other political players may be stripped of what few independent powers they still retain. Teachers unions exert growing influence over board decision-making processes. And with the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act, the federal government has aggressively inserted itself into matters of local education governance. B esieged is the first full-length volume in many years to systematically examine the politics that surround school boards. A group of highly renowned scholars, relying on both careful case studies and quantitative analyses, examine how school boards fare when they interact with their political superiors, teachers unions, and the public. For the most part, the picture that emerges is sobering: while school boards perform certain administrative functions quite well, the political pressures they face undermine their capacity to institute the wide-ranging school reforms that many voters and local leaders are currently demanding.

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  1. Front Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Chapter 1. Introduction
  2. William G. Howell
  3. pp. 1-23
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  1. Chapter 2. The Local School District in American Law
  2. Richard Briffault
  3. pp. 24-55
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  1. Chapter 3. School District Consolidation and Student Outcomes: Does Size Matter?
  2. Christopher R. Berry
  3. pp. 56-80
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  1. Chapter 4. When Mayors Lead Urban Schools: Assessing the Effects of Takeover
  2. Kenneth K. Wong, Francis X. Shen
  3. pp. 81-101
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  1. Chapter 5. Desegregation and School Board Politics: The Limits of Court-Imposed Policy Change
  2. Luis Ricardo Fraga, Nick Rodriguez, Bari Anhalt Erlichson
  3. pp. 102-128
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  1. Chapter 6. Local School Boards as Authorizers of Charter Schools
  2. Paul Teske, Mark Schneider, Erin Cassese
  3. pp. 129-149
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  1. Chapter 7. Democratic Accountability in Public Education
  2. Christopher R. Berry, William G. Howell
  3. pp. 150-172
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  1. Chapter 8. Minority Incorporation and Local School Boards
  2. Melissa J. Marschall
  3. pp. 173-198
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  1. Chapter 9. Electoral Structure and the Quality of Representation on School Boards
  2. Kenneth J. Meier, Eric Gonzalez Juenke
  3. pp. 199-227
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  1. Chapter 10. School House Politics: Expenditures, Interests, and Competition in School Board Elections
  2. Frederick M. Hess, David L. Leal
  3. pp. 228-253
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  1. Chapter 11. Teacher Unions and School Board Elections
  2. Terry M. Moe
  3. pp. 254-287
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  1. Chapter 12. Contextual Influences on Participation in School Governance
  2. David E. Campbell
  3. pp. 288-307
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  1. Chapter 13. The End of Local Politics?
  2. Joseph P. Viteritti
  3. pp. 308-323
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  1. Chapter 14. What School Boards Can and Cannot (or Will Not) Accomplish
  2. Jennifer L. Hochschild
  3. pp. 324-338
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 339-340
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 341-356
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  1. Back Cover
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