1. Introduction

WILLIAM G.HOWELL

2. The Local School District in American Law

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

KENNETH K.WONG AND FRANCIS X.SHEN

5. Desegregation and School Board Politics: The Limits of Court-Imposed Policy Change

LUIS RICARDO FRAGA, NICK RODRIGUEZ, AND BARI ANHALT ERLICHSON

6. Local School Boards as Authorizer of Charter Schools

PAUL TESKE, MARK SCHNEIDER, AND ERIN CASSESE

7. Democratic Accountalility in Public Education

CHRISTOPHER R.BERRY AND WILLIAM G.HOWELL

8.Minority Incorporation and Local School Boards

MELISSA J.MARSCHALL

9. Electoral Structure and the Quality of Representation on School Boards

KENNETH J.MEIER AND ERIC GONZALEZ JUENKE

10. School House Politics: Expenditures, Interests, and Competition in School Board Elections

FREDERICK M. HESS AND DAVID L.LEAL

11.Teacher Unions and School Board Elections

TERRY M. MOE

12. Contextual Influences on Participation in School Governance

DAVID E.CAMPBELL

13. The End of Local Politics?

JOSEPH P.VITERITTI

14. What School Boards Can and Cannot(or Will Not)Accomplish

JENNIFER L.HOCHSCHILD

Contributors

Index