Sentences with phrase «schools under mayoral control»

The District has made a good faith effort to implement the 2007 law that placed public schools under mayoral control, but there is no evidence that the change in governance has been a factor in improved standardized test scores, according to the first major independent study of D.C. school reform.

Assemblymember Michael Kearns says he's skeptical of putting the Buffalo Public Schools under mayoral control.

Of late, he's been embroiled in a fight to bring Rochester's schools under mayoral control — the same battle that Mike Bloomberg fought and won — calling it key to his city's economic revitalization.

Not exact matches

Under her plan for mayoral control over Syracuse schools, Lavine said she would pick school board members with the advice and consent of the Syracuse Common Council.

A two - year extension of mayoral control of New York City schools is under discussion, Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein said at the end of a meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and top legislative leaders.

They are joined by nonprofit leaders who have scrutinized DOE practices for years, including under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who first won mayoral control of city schools in 2002, ending the old Board of Education system.

«And now as a New York State Senator, I continue to address the needs of my schools and my students under a system of mayoral control.

Still, Skelos said the Senate will place mayoral control of New York City schools under «review» even as he sounds supportive of extending mayoral control to Rochester and Yonkers.

In their letter, the members of Congress echoed many of Mr. de Blasio's arguments yesterday, pointing to his expansion of universal prekindergarten and increased funding for under - performing schools as evidence of what is possible under mayoral control.

He's also under pressure to reject another education reform initiative — raising the charter school capthat the Senate Republicans want to make part of a deal on extending mayoral control.

The controversy has erupted as de Blasio seeks to extend mayoral control of city schools under legislation that expires in June.

Under the tenure of former mayor Michael Bloomberg, Republicans — whom he funded with his personal fortune — supported mayoral control of city schools.

Under «mayoral control» of the city's school system, only Mayor Bill de Blasio has the power to dump Chancellor Carmen Fariña over the scandalous graduation of a high school student who all but begged to fail and other instances of grade - fixing.

But under the radar this year, as lawmakers tussled over issues like rent regulations, mayoral control of city schools and the ouster of the legislative leaders of both houses, all but one of the Women's Equality Act bills quietly passed the Legislature.

«What we need in New York City is stability,» said Dennis M. Walcott, the schools chancellor under Mr. de Blasio's predecessor, Michael R. Bloomberg, who won a seven - year extension of mayoral control.

We supported the introduction of mayoral control in 2002 because no one took responsibility for our schools under the old system of locally elected school boards.

Under the guidance of UFT Vice Pres - ident Carmen Alvarez and Staten Island Borough Representative Emil Pietromonaco, the committee has been charged with the task of making recommendations for ways to reform mayoral control and school governance before the race for the city's next mayor picks up in the spring.

The passing of the torch in Cleveland is imminent: This fall, the beleaguered school district will join the list of large urban school systems — including Boston and Chicago — under mayoral control.

In 2007, when Kaya Henderson, current chancellor of the Washington, D.C., public schools, was deputy chancellor, the struggling school system came under mayoral control.

For nearly a century, City Schools were under mayoral control, vulnerable to the corruption and financial mismanagement that challenged City Hall.

In August 2002, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg selected former corporate executive and Justice Department official Joel I. Klein to become chancellor of the nation's largest school system — a system that had just come under mayoral control.

After some sloppy early implementation, the retention policy ended up being one of the most important reforms under mayoral control because it established a series of formalized intervention strategies for the lowest - performing students, including classes on weekends and holidays, and in summer school.

CPS under mayoral control has had 17 years to fix our schools.

Through secondary analysis, CPE found that mayoral takeovers are «a rare, and largely urban phenomenon,» and out of more than 13,000 school districts in the U.S., only about 20 have come under formal mayoral control in the last 20 years.

Klein was at the center of a whirlwind of activity in the New York City public school system, serving from 2002 to 2010 as the first Chancellor under mayoral control.

Under mayoral control, Chicago has closed more than 80 district schools since 2002.

Mayor Adrian Fenty appointed Rhee to head the city's 47,000 - student district, which was performing so abysmally that its board had been dissolved and the schools placed under direct mayoral control.

Despite the efforts of Mayor Dave Bing and even U.S. Secretary of Education Duncan, the city council voted 6 - to - 3 to not place upon the ballot a referendum that would have placed Motown's atrocious school district under mayoral control.

Under the section labeled «community control,» M4BL called for an end to state and mayoral takeovers of school systems in favor of local, democratically elected boards, more equitable school funding and a de-emphasis on standardized testing.

According to Brizard, the public schools of Chicago have become a failure after sixteen years of mayoral control under Mayor Richard M. Daley and his school chiefs (Paul Vallas, from 1995 to 2001; Arne Duncan, from 2001 into 2009; and Ron Huberman, from 2009 to late 2010).

Several studies of LSC reform conclude that site - based management under parent - majority LSCs successfully raised academic achievement.3 Further study showed that schools where LSCs were allowed to continue as the main policy - making body for the school after mayoral control was established in 1995 improved substantially more than schools where the district intervened and usurped LSC control.4