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.
Not exact matches
De Blasio pushed for permanent
mayoral control during a string of visits to Renewal schools earlier this year as a
means of rebuffing Cuomo's proposal for state
takeover of failing schools.
In the case of
mayoral and state
takeovers, the district can remain the dominant actor —
meaning that when control is returned to a locally elected board, that board exerts influence over the entire system again.