Sentences with phrase «mayoral control of education»

In the Winter 2003 issue of Ed Next, Alexander Russo wrote about the early days of mayoral control of education in Chicago.

I think if there isn't action on mayoral control of education, if there isn't action on rent regulation, if there isn't action on 421 - a, people all over the city, all over the state will look at Albany and once again conclude, Albany is not interested in serving the needs of the people.

«This becomes too much of a political football often in Albany, where the discussion is, unless there's additional changes in favor of charters, people talk about perhaps not extending mayoral control of education,» he said on the John Catsimatidis AM 970 radio show.

«I hope that the State Senate will listen to the voices of Republicans and Democrats, listen to my two predessesors, Michael Bloomberg and Rudy Guiliani who agree as I do that we need mayoral control of education, listen to over 100 prominent business leaders who yesterday signed onto a letter calling for renewal of mayoral control,» he said.

«It was abundantly clear the Senate did not have a philosophic problem with mayoral control of education.

And he says mayoral control of education should be extended to more cities, including Yonkers and some bigger cities upstate, like Rochester.

They are debating whether renew mayoral control of education or whether it should be only for one year.»

«Mayoral control of education makes it possible to do big things fast and aggressively and fairly,» de Blasio said.

«Since mayoral control of education came in, the graduation rate in New York City has increased by 50 percent in 13 years,» de Blasio said at a news conference in Albany.

A New York Observer editorial discusses several factors de Blasio will need to consider when selecting the next schools chancellor including mayoral control of the education system, UFT pay contracts, and charter schools:

«Since (Bloomberg) achieved mayoral control of education, our graduation rate has gone up almost 50 percent in 15 years — 50 percent!»

So I think this is a great ratification of the virtue of mayoral control of education,» he explained.

«I think I made my views known on mayoral control of education, I made my views known on the Dream Act.

«We worked well together during this tragedy in the last few days, we worked well together in June to extend mayoral control of education.

Mayoral control of education should be above the fray.»

I think if there isn't action on mayoral control of education, if there isn't action on rent regulation, if there isn't action on 421 - a, people all over the city, all over the state will look at Albany and once again conclude, Albany is not interested in serving the needs of the people,» he said.

Arguing that advances in career and technical education could not have been made without mayoral control, de Blasio said, «we can do it, why, because of mayoral control of education.

So I think this is a great ratification of the virtue of mayoral control of education,» de Blasio said.

«How on Earth does the city of New York get only one - year extension of mayoral control of education?»