“The Education Mayor: Improving America’s Schools”
“Mayor’s Can Be ‘Prime Movers’ of Urban School Development”
“Do School District Takeovers Work?”
"Big City Mayors and School Governance Reform: The Case of School district Takeover”
- by Kenneth W. Wong and Francis X. Shen
“School of Crock” City Journal
- By Sol Stern
“Effective School Governance: A Look at Today’s Practice and Tomorrow’s Promise”
“Governing America’s Schools: Changing the Rules”
Report of the National Commission on Governing America’s Schools
Education Commission of the States
"Assessing the Case for Mayoral Control of Urban Schools"
"Mayoral Control: A Sensible Start, If Done Sensibly"
-by Frederick M. Hess
