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Mayoral Control of Schools

Mayor Bill de Blasio works with a student on a science project during a visit to a pre-K classroom in Manhattan.

Albany Adjourns With No Deal on Mayoral Control of NYC Schools

"We would have preferred to have everything tied up with a nice neat bow and returned to our districts with nothing at all left on our plate, but that just wasn't possible under the circumstances."
By Will Bredderman
Former U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan with ex-President Barack Obama.

Obama’s Education Secretary Implores Albany to Find Compromise on Mayoral Control of NYC Schools

"If we were to lose mayoral control in New York, for whatever reason, I think it's unquestionable that harm would be done to children."
By Will Bredderman
Mayor Bill de Blasio works with a student on a science project during a visit to a pre-K classroom in Manhattan.

De Blasio Says GOP State Senate Should Hand Him Mayoral Control of Schools Again—With No Negotiation

"When it comes to something like our children's education, and the one thing that's actually worked in terms of educating our children, that should not be part of the normal horse-trading. That should be above the fray."
By Will Bredderman

Senate Session Stalled

By Jimmy Vielkind

Kruger: Mayoral Control Bill ‘DOA’

By Jimmy Vielkind

Kruger: Mayoral Control Bill ‘DOA’

By Jimmy Vielkind

You Thought Things Would Go Smoothly in the Senate?

By Jimmy Vielkind

Assemblyman Benjamin: Senate Amendments to School Control Are a ‘Political Statement’

By Jimmy Vielkind

Assemblyman Benjamin: Senate Amendments to School Control Are a ‘Political Statement’

By Jimmy Vielkind

The Old Gang, In Charge

By Jimmy Vielkind

The Old Gang, In Charge

By Jimmy Vielkind

Not Quite A School Governance Compromise

By Jimmy Vielkind

Senate Uncertainty Will Force Actual Cooperation on Mayoral Control of Schools

By Jimmy Vielkind

Bronx School Appointee Not Ready to Back Mayoral Control

By Azi Paybarah

Which Department Is Which?

By Azi Paybarah

Senate Dems Suddenly Decide to Take Up ‘School Governance’

By Jimmy Vielkind

The People Now Running New York City’s Public Schools

By Azi Paybarah

Tuesday in Albany: No Progress, More Controversy

By Jimmy Vielkind

Dems Thank Frank, Claim ‘Legal’ Session, Prepare for Another Extraordinary Session

By Jimmy Vielkind

What Happens If the Only Ones Who Can Save the Senate Are the Senators?

By Jimmy Vielkind

Senate Dems Won’t Act on Mayoral Control

By Jimmy Vielkind

The Clock Is Ticking: Can Anyone Break the Statemate in Albany?

By Jimmy Vielkind

In the Chaos, Senate Dems May See One Last Opportunity to Wrest Schools From the Mayor

By Jimmy Vielkind

In the Chaos, Senate Dems May See One Last Opportunity to Wrest Schools From the Mayor

By Jimmy Vielkind
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