Sentences with phrase «schools under the mayor»

At the urging of Mayor Marion S. Barry Jr., a District of Columbia city council member introduced legislation last week to abolish the school board and put the schools under the mayor and council's control.

Not exact matches

Under the bill, the inspector would have access to school documents and information systems, and the mayor and city Department of Education would have to comply with requests for data, The New York Times reported.

As mayors prepared to make their case, the state School Boards Association released a survey that found work force costs in schools outside the state's major cities are on track to grow an average of more than $ 1 billion annually by the 2013 - 14 school year; revenues under a tax cap, however, would grow only $ 229 million per year through 2013 - 14, on avSchool Boards Association released a survey that found work force costs in schools outside the state's major cities are on track to grow an average of more than $ 1 billion annually by the 2013 - 14 school year; revenues under a tax cap, however, would grow only $ 229 million per year through 2013 - 14, on avschool year; revenues under a tax cap, however, would grow only $ 229 million per year through 2013 - 14, on average.

Candidates in the race for Rochester mayor are painting a picture of what city schools might look like under their administration.

Chief among the committee's recommendations is the elimination of the mayor's majority on the Panel for Educational Policy, which decides on school co-locations, closures and other important matters and which has never rejected a proposal brought by the city under the Bloomberg administration.

Glick argued that the state didn't try to take over schools in New York City during the 12 - year Bloomberg administration, even though some of the same schools that the governor calls «failing» now were struggling under the former mayor's leadership, as well.

The mayor said his turnaround plan has «never been tried before» and that he was confident it would work under the leadership of Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina.

And the mayor's willingness to recede from the action when under attack dilutes his own authority, making it harder for him to stand up to bullies, whether they're leading charter schools or police unions.

Sen. Terrence Murphy, whose 2014 Democratic opponent benefitted from contributions directed by the mayor that are now under investigation, invoked the many investigations swirling around the de Blasio administration to ask why he should trust the mayor with control of the city's schools.

In his short time as mayor, Bill de Blasio made it abundantly clear that he thinks charter - school operators like Eva Moskowitz got a sweetheart deal under Michael Bloomberg.

The de Blasio administration struck its clearest blow yet against the city's charter schools last week when schools chancellor Carmen Fariña announced that a $ 210 million pot in the Department of Education's capital budget would be diverted away from charter school construction, likely towards the construction of pre-K seats under the mayor's plan.

When do you expect the volatile mayor to get fed up with his incompetent, dilettante schools chancellor and thrust her, headfirst, under the bus?

Under the tenure of former mayor Michael Bloomberg, Republicans — whom he funded with his personal fortune — supported mayoral control of city schools.

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F.E.S has been a major agitator of the de Blasio administration over the last year, running ads criticizing the mayor's stance on charters and recently attacking chancellor Carmen Fariña for her comments that some charter schools under - enroll special needs students.

IN OPEN LETTER TO THE MAYOR, EVA MOSKOWITZ CALLS FOR CITY TO USE UNDER - UTILIZED BUILDINGS FOR SUCCESS ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLS City has only 13 working days left to make a proposal that could be approved in January New York, NY -LSB-...]

Under the old structure, power was so dispersed — among the mayor, the Board of Education, the chancellor and the community school boards — that it was hard to know whom to blame for the poor performance of many of the city's schools.

In the waning days of the Bloomberg administration, when many of the mayor's controversial education ideas are once again under attack, one chief target of critics has been the school network structure, which broke up the geographically organized school districts and allowed principals to self - select into one of about 60 support organizations.

That shouldn't be recreated again,» said Dennis Walcott, former schools chancellor and deputy mayor under Bloomberg.

Leadership under successive mayors has not led to a dramatic renewal of these public schools, but a systematic hollowing out of their enrollment and place in our community.

Under the mayor's proposed «turnaround» plan, the 33 schools were to close and reopen this summer, retaining their students but replacing up to half of the current staff.

Under the guidance of UFT Vice Pres - ident Carmen Alvarez and Staten Island Borough Representative Emil Pietromonaco, the committee has been charged with the task of making recommendations for ways to reform mayoral control and school governance before the race for the city's next mayor picks up in the spring.

With mayors playing an ever more active role in the affairs of their cities» schools, a new effort is under way to help them share with one another some of what they've learned.

The report offers qualified praise for the mayor's controversial Renaissance 2010 initiative, which seeks to replace low - performing schools over the next five years with 100 new small schools under a mix of governance arrangements, including charters.

The mayor's consolation prize after he lost his bid to take over the entire system, these schools operate under «a more localized decision - making authority as a strategy to improve student achievement,» according to Superintendent Ray Cortines's 15 - page guide to school options.

Ron Huberman, who was appointed Chicago Schools CEO by Mayor Richard Daley after Arne Duncan became Secretary of Education, has told Mayor Daley that he will leave his position before the mayor leaves office in May rather than serve under another mayor, according to the Chicago Sun - Times.

According to Kate Zernike of the New York Times, Anderson «had feuded openly with the city's populist new mayor, Ras J. Baraka, a former high school principal who was elected last year on a promise to return Newark — and its schools, which have been under state control for 20 years — to Newarkers.»

Klein has served as Schools Chancellor under Mayor Michael Bloomberg since 2002, when the mayor's office gained control over the city's sSchools Chancellor under Mayor Michael Bloomberg since 2002, when the mayor's office gained control over the city's schoolsschools.

Under the plan, the mayor is to get more or less direct control over three low - performing high schools and the elementary and middle schools that feed into them.

«Certainly under this superintendent, Tony Bennett, I'm pretty sure that if the mayor wasn't stepping in with a persistently failing school, then he would step in to close or in some other way change that school.»

Under former mayor Michael Bloomberg, the city's charter sector was nurtured from a fledgling system of two dozen schools into a robust 200 - school system, including a number of nationally - recognized multi-school networks.

In his short time as mayor, Bill de Blasio made it abundantly clear that he thinks charter - school operators like Eva Moskowitz got a sweetheart deal under Michael Bloomberg.

And under the mayor's proposal, it's more likely the schools will eventually go back to IPS.

In this post, Paul Reville, former Massachusetts secretary of education under former governor Deval Patrick, and now a professor of practice of educational policy and administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, explains why he thinks it is time for the country's mayors to step up.

While districts under control of mayors such as New York City and Chicago can count on the considerable political heft of municipal chief executives (and in the case of the Big Apple, the wallet of Mayor Michael Bloomberg) to beat back traditionalists in Albany and Springfield, districts with traditional school board governance structures often have few tools at their disposal against NEA and AFT locals with waning - but - still - more considerable political influence in statehouse corridors.

In the nation's largest city, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been in charge of the nation's largest school system since 2002, when the state legislature approved legislation putting the 1.1 - million - student system under control of the New York City mayor.

«As mayor, I will be an advocate for every resident, especially our students, and that includes fighting for full funding under Proposition 98 and demanding that Sacramento stop paying our schools in IOUs.

And while our members work in schools that are under - resourced, understaffed and under - appreciated, they have toiled in silence long enough while the mayors of this city have exerted control, shut down schools, and handed over facilities to their well - connected friends.

F.E.S has been a major agitator of the de Blasio administration over the last year, running ads criticizing the mayor's stance on charters and recently attacking chancellor Carmen Fariña for her comments that some charter schools under - enroll special needs students.

Progress under former mayor Vincent C. Gray (D) seems to have stalled; according to charter advocates, of 12 D.C. - owned buildings that are a priority for charters, only one or two are possibly being made available for K - 12 charter schools.

Joel Klein, the ex-New York City school chancellor who sanctioned many charters under former mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has personally subsidized the school privatization movement, tweeted, «The 2d «A» in @NAACP stands for Advancement.

If the regional schools commissioners came under their remit, then mayors would be directly accountable for helping to raise standards.

But Moskowitz's tactics, coupled with the fact that she is now the only charter leader with a network seemingly under direct threat from the mayor, may be separating her from the city's other, smaller charter schools.

Fenty, who served a single term as mayor from 2007 to 2011, previously came under fire for his children's special placement at Lafayette Elementary School by former schools chancellor Michelle Rhee in 2009.

In Detroit, tea party extremists and billionaire donors are fighting a deal to save the district from bankruptcy, in part because the democratically elected mayor wants district and charter schools to be unified under one system of transparency, accountability and funding.

He also said the mayor has «terribly mismanaged» the schools already under his purview.