The Education Mayor: Improving America's Schools

Contents

vii Contents List of Tables ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xv INTRODUCTION Mayoral Governance in Education Gains Prominence 1 CHAPTER ONE The Historical and Political Context of Integrated 11 Governance CHAPTER TWO The New-Style Education Mayors 28 CHAPTER THREE Evaluating the Effects of Mayoral Control 52 CHAPTER FOUR Integrated Governance as a Strategy to Improve 76 School Performance CHAPTER FIVE Considering the Gap between High- and Low- 99 Performing Schools CHAPTER SIX Accountability and Urban High Schools: 113 The Challenge of Improving Instructional Practices CHAPTER SEVEN Toward Strategic Deployment of Resources 140 CHAPTER EIGHT The Political Dynamics of Building Public 161 Support for Education CHAPTER NINE Mayorally Governed School Districts as Laboratories 187 of Democracy APPENDIX Achievement Analysis Methodology and 201 Additional Findings for Chapter Four Notes 207 References 219 Index 237 viii CONTENTS ...