Institutional change in urban school districts | p. 1 |
Comparing the progressive model and contemporary formative ideas and trends | p. 11 |
Radical privatization in Philadelphia : the role of school district leaders as policy entrepreneurs | p. 33 |
Neo-progressivism as school reform in Chicago : big change, little difference? | p. 61 |
"Plus ca change ... " : mayoral control in New York City | p. 85 |
Mayoral takeover in the District of Columbia : the need for a shake-up | p. 113 |
The persistence of ideas in Los Angels public school reform | p. 129 |
Studying education systems with the tools of institutional theory | p. 153 |
Notes | p. 169 |
About the authors | p. 193 |
Index | p. 197 |
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