Mayors, Governors, and Presidents: The New Education Executives and the End of Educational Exceptionalism

Various accounts have noted a growing visibility and influence of presidents, governors, and mayors in the shaping of educational policy. Typically, explanations for this are discrete and situational: specific to particular levels of government, particular jurisdictions, particular visionary leaders...

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Published in:Peabody journal of education 2009-08, Vol.84 (3), p.283-299
Main Author: Henig, Jeffrey R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative Change
Administrative Organization
City halls
Education
Education policy
Education politics
Educational Administration
Educational Change
Educational Development
Educational leadership
Educational Policy
Educational reform
Educational sociology
Executive branch
Governance
Government School Relationship
Governors
Institutional Characteristics
Mayors
Performance Factors
Political Power
Trend Analysis
Urban schools
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Summary:Various accounts have noted a growing visibility and influence of presidents, governors, and mayors in the shaping of educational policy. Typically, explanations for this are discrete and situational: specific to particular levels of government, particular jurisdictions, particular visionary leaders, and transitory external events. This article reviews the historical manifestations of growing executive involvement in education throughout the federal system and introduces four rivals to the situational perspective. The emergence of the so-called new educational executives, it concludes, grows out of structural shifts in the institutional landscape and may be best understood as the more visible front edge of a broader reabsorption of education politics into the arena of general-purpose governance.
ISSN:0161-956X
1532-7930
DOI:10.1080/01619560902973449