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Who is Afraid of a Mayoral Takeover of Detroit Public Schools?
Wilbur C. Rich

Wilbur C. Rich received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Illinois. He is the William J. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College. He has taught at several universities and is the author of Black Mayors and School Politics: The Failure of Reform in Detroit, Gary and Newark (1996). He also co-edited a volume entitled Mayors in Middle: Politics, Race, and Mayor Control of Urban Schools (2004). His latest book is David Dinkins and New York City Politics: Race, Images, and the Media (2007) One of the chapters in this latest book reviewed the former mayor’s relationship with New York City School Board.

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Commission Research Papers

Mayoral Control: What We Can and Cannot Learn From Other Cities
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Mayoral Control of Schools:
Concepts, Tradeoffs, and Outcomes
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Governance and the Boston Public Schools: Lessons in ‘Mayoral Control’ of Urban Schools
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Who's Afraid of a Mayoral Takeover of Detroit Public Schools?
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A History of Public School Governance in New
York City
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Parental Power and Mayoral Control: Avenues for Parent and Community Involvement in New York City Schools

Updating Tradition: Governing the Schools from Chicago's City Hall

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