The abstract for these documents is longer than the annotation for journal articles. Journal articles are announced in Current Index to Journals in Education. To locate additional documents related to this or any other topic within the scope of educational management, we invite you to access the In-Process Abstracts section of our website, where you can search for items that have recently been abstracted by our Clearinghouse but have not yet been added to the ERIC database. Addresses ways in which the legal system can balance the needs of mayors who seek a greater role in reforming school governance with the needs of boards of education eager to maintain their autonomy. A survey of the broad policy community rates the governor, Democratic and Republican lawmakers, mayor, Chicago Board of Education, district central office, and the Chicago Teachers union in their work of Chicago school governance before and after the July 1995 restructuring.
Preliminary results suggest improvement in school governance following the last reform.