Mayoral Control of the New York City Schools

by David Rogers

Book Overview

This is a book about the ambitious reform strategy known as mayoral control ini- ated to transform the dysfunctional system of urban education in the United States. I use the term dysfunctional to refer to the inability of urban school districts over the past 50 years to reduce the learning gap between poor students and their middle class peers, despite a host of reform efforts including desegregation, compensatory programs, and decentralization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387711414
• ISBN13: 9780387711416
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.3"