EPISODE SUMMARY
Leonie interviews Shino Tanikawa and Jonathan Greenberg, two public school parent leaders, who will explain the issues surrounding mayoral control of NYC public schools, which will either lapse, be renewed or amended by the Legislature by the end of June. In preparation for that decision, the State Education Dept. is holding hearings on mayoral control starting this week to hear from parents, educators, advocates and community members about what they think of this governance system.
EPISODE NOTES
Class Size Matters & AQE, Press release and letter to SED, urging that NYC be required to produce a corrective action plan on class size reduction.
Register to Testify at NYC Council Hearing on budget cuts Monday, December 11th, at 10:00am; Progressive caucus rally against budget cuts that morning at 9 AM in City Hall Park.
NYSED Schedule of mayoral control hearings, Dec. 5 thru Jan. 29 in various boroughs
The City: Two Years of Mayoral School Control for Eric Adams — With New Strings Attached
NeQuan McLean and Shino Tanikawa, It’s Time for a Democratic School Governance System to Replace Mayoral Control
2009 Parent Commission Report on School Governance
NYC Comptroller report, 2013: No more Rubber Stamp
Ed Week, Mayoral control: a Fading school reform
To sign up for ECC briefings on Mayoral control, register at tinyurl.com/eccsupporters
Mayoral control of NYC school: good, bad or ugly