Sentences with phrase «mayoral takeover»

In the mid-1990s, there was so much rhetoric and discussion of mayoral takeovers of public school systems.

Lavine in August outlined a plan for mayoral takeover of the schools.

Reporters asked the Mayor about his remarks of a potential mayoral takeover.

One need only witness the behavior of the Chicago and New York City school boards before their recent mayoral takeovers — or the behavior of the Los Angeles and Dallas school boards today.

State intervention (including mayoral takeovers, which must be authorized by the state) can strengthen some local actors and tilt the local balance of power in favor of change.

In most cities with a failing school system the mayor faces a great dilemma: Do nothing, which is often all a mayor is legally empowered to do, or do everything, meaning mayoral takeover.

Upon mayoral takeover, a number of the other issues such as the physical plant issues were handed off to other government agencies like Allen Lew (facilities) and technology (OCTO).

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.

As former superintendent of LaFayette Central School District, Laura Lavine's proposal for mayoral takeover will centralize power on education.

Conservative columnist Joshua Nelson urges students to elect Laura Lavine for mayor to help pilot the mayoral takeover of Syracuse's school district.

Over the past decade, mayors in cities such as Detroit, Boston, Milwaukee and Chicago have expressed interest in mayoral takeovers.

Considering the circumstances, Syracuse has nothing to lose in regard to mayoral takeover, especially if someone with an extensive background in education is willing to take a fresh approach and appoint an education board with aligned agendas.

Luckily, mayoral candidate Laura Lavine has a solution: a mayoral takeover of the school system.

In addition to a mayoral takeover, Lavine advocated for increased funding for charter schools.

A mayoral takeover would require state legislation.

Mr. de Blasio noted that the mayoral takeover from the previous, diffuse system of community school boards — which Albany first granted former Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2002 — corresponded with higher graduation rates, attendance and test scores.

As for talk of a mayoral takeover, Collins could not weigh - in saying it would depend on the model and whether it would involve replacing board members.

Some top stakeholders are apparently holding conversations about a mayoral takeover of the Buffalo Public School District.

So they are drawn to solutions that are imposed outside of normal political processes, such as state or mayoral takeovers, rule by «expert» panels, appeals to the authority of «science,» or cries of what «justice» demands.

As described in this report, the state will seek $ 254 million in RTTT money without referencing the mayoral takeover.

An alternative to mayoral takeovers is to change the way school boards are elected in the hopes of defusing the political machinations that often hinder reform.

These changes weren't really the result of a «mayoral takeover» in the traditional sense.

States respond to district failure through new management arrangements: mayoral takeover, state takeover, receivership, «re-governance,» etc..

I am wary of portfolio districts, mayoral takeovers, and other proposals for a super-regulator to govern all choice and traditional schools.

The most controversial proposal was a mayoral takeover, the purpose being to break up the power of the existing school board.

Doyle's goal of a mayoral takeover of the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS)-- a step he says is key to getting RTTT money — is on life support.

A key early test will come from Wisconsin, where Milwaukee's mayor and the state's governor have said the prospect of a federal aid windfall should provide a major incentive for approval of legislation allowing a mayoral takeover of the city's public schools.

There are many interrelated storylines: turnover in city government, shifting demographics, the creation of a non-district charter sector, the mayoral takeover of the district, Michelle Rhee's hiring, the teachers» union scandal, implementation of a new teacher evaluation and compensation system, and the elevation of Kaya Henderson after Rhee's departure.

Even public policy — notoriously glacial — responded to the decades of urban - district failure by creating chartering, recovery school districts, mayoral takeovers, and much more.

Finally, teacher unions and Milwaukee legislative opponents of a mayoral takeover have put forth an alternative.

The mayoral takeover in Chicago heralded a return to a strong central administration.

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.

«What this research suggests is that while the interest of mayors in public schools can bring benefits to public education, a mayoral takeover risks disengaging community interests and disregards the governance responsibility of elected school board leaders,» said Thomas J. Gentzel, NSBA's Executive Director.