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In big cities across the nation, there is a general consensus that fundamental change is
needed to improve the nation's urban schools. This author examines the contemporary …

With critical issues like desegregation and funding facing our schools, dissatisfaction with
public education has reached a new high. Teachers decry inadequate resources while …

The authors of this volume argue that urban education is in urgent need of reform and that,
although there have been plenty of innovative and even promising attempts to improve …

This book is a compilation of readings on the politics of urban education. Topics covered are
community power structure, community control, school segregation, decision making in …

In this article the author discusses possible relationships between urban political systems
and the schools. In suggesting that education would benefit from closer ties to the political …

Mayoral takeovers of big city public education systems are desperation measures. After
decades of decline in school quality, something must be done to make sure city children …

School reform efforts in New York City in 1967 and in Chicago in 1989 provide a laboratory
for the comparative study of regime politics in education. Using Long's local game theory …

As urban school systems experiment with new governance and organizational structures,
many political leaders point to high-profile initiatives in Chicago as a model of reform. Rather …

Just because Milwaukee isn't Manhattan, doesn't mean that those urban centers face
completely unique challenges. Through effective comparative analysis of key issues in …