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Mayoral Control

Double Standard for the Times; But Then Why Not? Bloomberg Owns This Town

Leonie Haimson | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

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Leonie Haimson

In the mind of the Times, accountability for billions of dollars in tax funds for public education meant that one man alone, namely Bloomberg, should continue to have total control.

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NY Senate Approves Mayoral Control Of Schools

AP | Posted 09.06.2009 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York's Senate has approved continued mayoral control of New York City schools and created an oversight committee with subpoe...

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Mayoral Control of Schools: The New Tyranny

Gerald Bracey | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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Gerald Bracey

School boards are fractious and try to micromanage. They are amateurs and prisoners of deeply rooted school bureaucracies. But do mayors do better?

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Darkness at Noon: Meet the New NYC Board of Education

Leonie Haimson | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York

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Leonie Haimson

The New York State Senate, locked in a leadership battle, had refused to act before midnight June 30 -- bringing back into law the previous school governance system, involving an independent Board of Education, with five appointees representing the five borough presidents, and two mayoral appointees

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Mayor Bloomberg Declares War On Albany Over School Control Bill

New York Post | Carl Campanile | Posted 07.23.2009 | New York

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A furious Mayor Bloomberg has declared war on Albany -- warning the Senate clowns and their ringmaster that he's sick of watching them play power game...

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The Banana Republic of NYC Public Schools

Leonie Haimson | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York

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Leonie Haimson

Here in New York City, we are living in a banana republic known as Bloomberg, Inc. This sad reality is most apparent when it comes to our public schools.

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Mayor Will Continue To Rule Schools Under Assembly Chief's Plan

New York Times | Javier C. Hernandez | Posted 07.12.2009 | Local

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Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver proposed a plan to the New York State Assembly on Wednesday that would preserve the mayor's control over New York City...

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