Monday, March 26, 2007
The Mayoral Quandry
NY Magazine's Chris Smith takes a look at the extent of NYC Mayor Bloomberg's recent tough times, managerially, and identifies the biggest sore spot for folks who had hoped mayoral control would bring big sustainable changes to the city schools operation:
The race to succeed Bloomberg is already under way, and it won’t be long until a candidate, pandering to the teachers union, suggests diluting mayoral control, risking a return to the bad old days when special interests dominated the schools.
Oh dear.
The race to succeed Bloomberg is already under way, and it won’t be long until a candidate, pandering to the teachers union, suggests diluting mayoral control, risking a return to the bad old days when special interests dominated the schools.
Oh dear.
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