Ultimately, Chicago will need strong mayoral leadership to reform the system. (huffingtonpost.com)
They have practical experience with the ways in which «governance constitutes a structural barrier to academic and management improvement... where turf battles and political squabbles involving school leaders and an array of stakeholders have for too long taken energy and focus away from the core mission of education,» as researchers Kenneth K. Wong and Francis X. Shen describe in a 2013 study extolling the value of mayoral leadership in education reform. (educationnext.org)
A special session was called Wednesday by Gov. Cuomo specifically to address mayoral leadership over city schools, which was set (gothamgazette.com)