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Download full textSmrekar, Claire – National Center on School Choice, Vanderbilt University (NJ1), 2011
Against the backdrop of urban school politics, in which mayors play increasingly powerful and pivotal roles, the current study examines the origins and implications of mayoral control of charter school authorization and accountability in Indianapolis (see Henig & Rich, 2004; Wong & Shen, 2007). In contrast to analyses of mayoral takeovers…
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Stakeholders, Governance
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Direct linkTayyaba, Saadia – International Journal of Educational Management, 2012
Purpose: Recent educational research has demonstrated rural-urban gaps in achievement and schooling conditions. Evidence from developing countries is still sparse. This study seeks to report rural-urban disparities in achievement, student, teacher, and school characteristics based on a nationally representative sample of grade four students from…
Descriptors: Rural Urban Differences, Urban Schools, Educational Research, Legislators
