Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-192) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Institutional change in urban school districts / William Lowe Boyd, Charles Taylor Kerchner, Mark Blyth -- Comparing the progressive model and contemporary formative ideas and trends / Charles Taylor Kerchner, David Menefee-Libey, Laura Steen Mulfinger -- Radical privatization in Philadelphia : the role of school district leaders as policy entrepreneurs / William Lowe Boyd, Jolley Bruce Christman, Elizabeth Useem -- Neo-Progressivism as school reform in Chicago : big change, little difference? / Dorothy Shipps -- "Plus Ça Change..." : mayoral control in New York City / Norm Fruchter -- Mayoral takeover in the District of Columbia : the need for a shake-up / Jane Hannaway, Michael D. Usdam -- The persistence of ideas in Los Angeles public school reform / David Menefee-Libey, Charles Taylor Kerchner, Laura Steen Mulfinger -- Studying education systems with the tools of institutional theory / Mark Blyth.
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