Mayoral Control of the New York City Schools

• Main Author: Rogers, David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Series: Springer Studies in Work and Industry
• Subjects: Social sciences.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational sociology.; Sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Sociology of Education.

The New York City public school system has fundamentally changed its governance four times during the past forty years. It moved in 1970 from a highly centralized bureaucracy to a more community-based decentralized system, both of which were independent of the mayor. In 2002 under mayoral control, t...