De Blasio's key challenges now include renewing
mayoral control of the
public schools and
getting the state to live up to more
of its court - ordered funding obligation.
Desiring
mayoral involvement was fine, but if one mandates it in state law, what happens when you
get a mayor
of questionable competence, or who is aligned with
public education's entrenched status quo, or who decides to influence or
control a
school's hiring practices, or who simply doesn't want to be involved?