Large urban school systems have been the weakest link in American education, driving middle-class families into the suburbs while contributing mightily to the r

"Assesses the results of mayoral control nationwide, detailing the experience in three key cities: Boston and Chicago, the major prototypes for mayoral control,

Few Americans are aware that their nation long ago created a separate government for education, supposedly to shield it from political interference. Some expert

Desperate to jump-start the reform process in America's urban schools, politicians, scholars, and school advocates are looking increasingly to mayors for leader