May 23, 2011

By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, facing a reduction in state and federal aid and a rise in city costs, has said that balancing New York’s budget will require shuttering 20 firehouses and laying off 4,100 teachers.
“We’re going to have to make some choices,” Mr. Bloomberg said [...]

The Myth of Mayoral Control of Schools
By Diane Ravitch
Huffington Post
2009-04-24
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-ravitch/the-myth-of-mayoral-contr_b_191072.html
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has been traveling the country urging mayors to take control of the public schools in their cities. He points to Chicago and New York City as places where mayoral control of schools has led to big improvements.
It is sad to [...]

The Mayor’s High Stakes Test
By Gail Robinson
April 27, 2009 Gotham Gazette
URL: http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/issueoftheweek/20090427/200/2897

For the next few days, New York City public school parents can vote in what the city’s Department of Education bills as “the first public election in the U.S. to be held entirely online.” By going to powertotheparents.org, parents can vote for members of [...]

UFT set to suggest yanking majority of board votes from mayor
Posted By Elizabeth Green On February 2, 2009

The mayor would lose appointment power over a majority of seats on the city school board, which would be strengthened into a powerful check over decisions ranging from when students can be promoted to the next grade to [...]

By Jennifer Medina
Some of the strongest backers of the Bloomberg administration’s push to renew the state law granting New York City’s mayor control of its public schools have fretted for months that the discussion in Albany would get hopelessly tied to the personality of the current occupant of City Hall.
With Michael R. Bloomberg’s announcement this [...]

Uninterrupted Climb since the Start of Mayoral Control; Drop-out Rate Declines
City’s Gains Outpace the Rest of New York State’s
Black and Hispanic Students Narrow the Gap with White and Asian Peers
            Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein today announced that New York City’s four-year high school graduation rate continues to push upward, [...]