The de Blasio administration is under pressure to make substantial changes at Rikers: The United States attorney's office, when releasing the inquiry's findings, gave the city 49 days to come up with a plan to reduce violence or face
intervention by federal officials.
After 15 years of work
by states and school districts to raise standards, disaggregate data, and close gaps, the
federal government is taking the foot off the gas and leaving even more decisions to the states and to local school
officials, including those about measures, metrics, incentives, and
interventions.