Sentences with phrase «mayoral control of the public school system»

At 11 a.m., NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina wil testify at the second state Senate hearing on NYC mayoral control of the public school system, (de Blasio won't be attending, angering the GOP), Senate Hearing Room, 250 Broadway, 19th Floor, Manhattan.

«She was a part of our effort when we sponsored town halls all across the City of New York on mayoral control of our public school system.»

DFER supports charter schools and school choice and promotes mayoral control of public school systems.

Not exact matches

The Senate GOP will block any effort by the Democrats to end mayoral control of the NYC public school system.

Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, includnig student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

Senate Republicans plan to cover a range of issues with mayoral control, including student performance, graduation rates, and «the effectiveness of having a single person accountable for the public school system as compared to the previous community board system.»

She does believe that mayoral control of the New York City public school system should have been extended beyond the one year that the state Legislature gave Mayor Bill de Blasio «There is an element for the mayor to have some skin in the game,» she said.

The state Senate returned to session on Aug. 6 and passed a bill to renew mayoral control of the city's public schools, along with other related bills to increase parental input in the school system and address some of the other flaws in the original legislation.

Ann Marie Hurt, the chapter leader at PS 328 in Brooklyn, supports a resolution to end mayoral control of the New York City public school system.

ALBANY — The State Legislature has adjourned for the year without coming to an agreement on mayoral control of New York City's schools, leaving a looming question mark over the chain of command for the nation's largest public school system and its 1.1 million students.

Dedicating a single press conference to the issue for the first time, Mr. de Blasio laid out in dire terms what would happen if New York City reverted to the old system of education that existed before his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, won mayoral control of public schools in 2002.

Even Mayor de Blasio's Republican opponent Paul Massey says Albany should extend mayoral control of city schools — though he charged Hizzoner has «utterly failed» at leading the public school system.

All of the Senate's bills on mayoral control include provisions to strengthen charter schools, which Flanagan said are an integral part of the public school system.

Charter school provisions are often traded for things like mayoral control of city schools or additional education aid to the broader public school system.

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.

about mayoral control, non-educators running public school systems, Klein's legacy, and who Cathie Black was — and wasn't; we saw Steiner appoint an eight - member panel of experts to advise him on whether to grant a legally - required waiver to non-educator Black, Checker call the need for a waiver «antiquated,» the special panel recommend no waiver, polls showing New Yorkers opposing Black, a flurry of celebs — including Gloria Steinem and Whoopee Goldberg — weighing in to support her, Steiner losing sleep.

When former U.S. congressman and Obama administration chief of staf Rahm Emanuel marched triumphantly into the Chicago mayor's office in 2011, he promised to revamp Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in ways that had barely been contemplated in 16 years of mayoral control over the city's sprawling public - school sPublic Schools (CPS) in ways that had barely been contemplated in 16 years of mayoral control over the city's sprawling public - school spublic - school system.

When former U.S. congressman and Obama administration chief of staff Rahm Emanuel marched triumphantly into the Chicago mayor's office in 2011, he promised to revamp Chicago Public Schools (CPS) in ways that had barely been contemplated in 16 years of mayoral control over the city's sprawling public - school sPublic Schools (CPS) in ways that had barely been contemplated in 16 years of mayoral control over the city's sprawling public - school spublic - school system.

In any case, says Paul Hill, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington, it takes more than a few vouchers or mayoral control to turn around a failing school system.

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.

Since mayoral control of the Chicago Public Schools system was restored in 1995, many schools have made tremendous prSchools system was restored in 1995, many schools have made tremendous prschools have made tremendous progress.

Walcott also spoke to the issue of mayoral control over the public school system.