Besieged School Boards and the Future of Education Politics

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction -- by William B. Howell

2. The Local School District in American Law -- by Richard Briffault

3. School District Consolidation and Student Outcomes: Does Size Matter? -- Christopher R. Berry

4. When Mayors Lead Urban Schools: Assessing the Effects of Mayoral Takeover -- by Kennety K. Wong and Francis X. Shen

5. Desegregation and School Board Politics: The Limits of Court-Imposed Policy Change -- by Luis Ricardo Fraga, Nick Rodriguez, and Bari Anhalt Erlichson

6. Local School Boards as Authorizers of Charter Schools -- by Paul Teske, Mark Schneider, and Erin Cassese

7. Democratic Accountability in Public Education -- by Christopher R. Berry and William G. Howell

8. Minority Incorporation and Local School Boards -- by Melissa J. Marschall

9. Electoral Structure and the Quality of Representation on School Boards -- by Kennety J. Meier and Eric Gonzalez Juenke

10. School House Politics: Expenditures, Interests, and Competition in School Board Elections -- by Frederick M. Hess and David L. Leal

11. Teacher Unions and School Board Elections -- by Terry M. Moe

12. Contextual Influences on Participation in School Governance -- by David E. Campbell

13. The End of Local Politics? -- by Joseph P. Viteritti

14. What School Boards Can and Cannot (or Will Not) Accomplish -- by Jennifer L. Hochschild

Contributors

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