A Reform for Troubled Times

Takeovers of Urban Schools

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9775464
AutoresRobert L Green (College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University, autor de correspondencia), Bradley R Carl (Pelavin Research Center of the American Institute for Research in Washington, D.C.)
Año2000
Volumen569
Número1
Páginas56-70
Fecha de publicación2000-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000271620056900105
OpenAlexW2051102073
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas2

Increasing pressure to improve low-performing schools—particularly those in central cities serving disadvantaged and minority students—has led to a host of reform efforts. This article focuses on a strategy that involves takeovers of troubled schools or entire systems by mayors, state legislatures, or control boards. Following the takeover of the Jersey City, New Jersey, schools in 1989, at least partial control of schools has been taken from elected boards in Chicago, Baltimore, Cleveland, Washington, D.C., and Detroit. Discussed in this article are some of the major issues involved with takeovers, including arguments for and against the practice, the policy questions it raises, and the all-important role race has played in the debate. The authors close with thoughts for evaluating the effectiveness of this increasingly popular, yet unproven, attempt at reforming low-achieving schools

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