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Title:

The transformation of great American school districts : how big cities are reshaping public education / edited by William Lowe Boyd, Charles Taylor Kerchner, Mark Blyth.

Publisher:

Harvard Education Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Educational change--United States.
Public schools--United States.
Educational innovations--United States.
School management and organization--United States.

Other Authors:

Boyd, William Lowe, 1935-
Kerchner, Charles T.
Blyth, Mark, 1967-

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

1891792938 (library ed.)
9781891792939 (library ed.)
189179292X (pbk.)
9781891792922 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2007941373

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)