Sentences with phrase «under mayoral control»

Assemblymember Michael Kearns says he's skeptical of putting the Buffalo Public Schools under mayoral control.

«It's only possible under a mayoral control system.»

In their letter, the members of Congress echoed many of Mr. de Blasio's arguments yesterday, pointing to his expansion of universal prekindergarten and increased funding for under - performing schools as evidence of what is possible under mayoral control.

The resolution, called «Blanket Approval of Purchases Through Contracts of the City of New York and Its Agencies,» asked the panel to weaken one aspect of a power it was granted last year under the mayoral control law, its ability to approve or veto all contracts that are not competitively bid.

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.

De Blasio responded by pointing to successes under the mayoral control program, including higher graduation rates and test scores as well as an expansion of computer science courses.

Updated X2: Golden's office now says the number of years for the extension is still under mayoral control and the initial tweet was deleted.

The structures that were created under mayoral control to replace the central and community school boards — the Panel for Education Policy, and the community education councils in each district — were also dissolved during this time but subsequently reinstated.

Kenneth K. Wong, a professor of education policy at Brown University, said he believed that many urban school districts would benefit from being put under mayoral control.

Many local educational systems are now under mayoral control, which makes it easier for departments of education to work in partnership with housing and child - welfare departments, because they're part of a city system.

After some sloppy early implementation, the retention policy ended up being one of the most important reforms under mayoral control because it established a series of formalized intervention strategies for the lowest - performing students, including classes on weekends and holidays, and in summer school.

But a brief review of Chicago's history and politics, as well as our overall progress under mayoral control, should at least give us pause.

PURE has challenged many of the «reforms» instituted under mayoral control in Chicago, including school closings.

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.

«Under the mayoral control law as it existed until this week, the mayor had total control over co-locations and school sitings,» said David Cantor, an education consultant and former Department of Education press secretary under Bloomberg, who won mayoral control of schools in 2002.

In August 2002, New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg selected former corporate executive and Justice Department official Joel I. Klein to become chancellor of the nation's largest school system — a system that had just come under mayoral control.

Spano said he offered governance reform as one option to lawmakers for how to close the budget gap, arguing that under a mayoral control system, he could create savings by consolidating several of the district's departments with city agencies.

Of late, he's been embroiled in a fight to bring Rochester's schools under mayoral control — the same battle that Mike Bloomberg fought and won — calling it key to his city's economic revitalization.

The passing of the torch in Cleveland is imminent: This fall, the beleaguered school district will join the list of large urban school systems — including Boston and Chicago — under mayoral control.

For nearly a century, City Schools were under mayoral control, vulnerable to the corruption and financial mismanagement that challenged City Hall.

They note DCPS is under mayoral control.

Under mayoral control, Chicago has closed more than 80 district schools since 2002.

The District has made a good faith effort to implement the 2007 law that placed public schools under mayoral control, but there is no evidence that the change in governance has been a factor in improved standardized test scores, according to the first major independent study of D.C. school reform.

Under mayoral control, more than 140 «failing schools» have been shut down in NYC over the objections of students, teachers, parents, alumni & community members.