Flyer for Looking Back to Move Forward: A History of NYC School Governance, on Black, green, red, yellow and blue background. Subtitle is “Learn about school governance before mayoral control from the perspective of those who served under it. Panelists Senator Robert Jackson, educational historians Ansley Erickson and Heather Lewis, and former school board member Margaret Kelly, with moderator Zaakiyah Shaakir Ansari. Nov 10, virtual, 6:30 pm. Register at Bit.ly/nycschoolgov. Logos for Alliance for Quality Education and Education Council Consortium.

New Yorkers, join us! #mayoralcontrol

(and think about mayoral control when you #vote before this panel!)

Who Governs Schools? A teaching guide to the history of NYC schools

NYC education people, are you talking about #mayoralcontrol with students, friends, neighbors? Good conversation starters via primary sources and diagrams of the history of who's governed schools in NYC over the last century at nyccivilrightshistory.org/topics/who-g...

Prof. @dcbloomfield.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social & Brooklyn College noted the timing of the announcement. “It’s as if it’s aimed at Albany to show the effectiveness of #MayoralControl when that legislation is up for grabs.”
By James Ford Emily Rahhal
WPIX-TV
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New York City’s Last Dictatorship After 20 years, New York reconsiders mayoral control of its education system.

This is a good survey of the state of the problem, and the debate over, #mayoralcontrol in NYC schools.
prospect.org/education/20....

Vital City | Five Myths About Mayoral Control Answering common critiques of New York’s school governance system

Five Myths About #MayoralControl:
Answering common critiques of New York’s school governance system
By @dcbloomfield.bsky.social @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/fiv...

Office of the Public Advocate's Virtual Mayoral Control Forum: NYC Schools Public Advocate Williams will host a virtual forum on Mayoral Control in New York City Schools.

New Yorkers, another chance to weigh in - this time, from the comfort of your own sofa/desk/phone - on #mayoralcontrol. Monday 1/29.

Monday Morning Global Politics; Mayoral Control of the Schools; 'Fast-Furniture'; Pet Parenthood | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC Robin Wright on Middle East Conflicts; Debating Mayoral Control of the Schools Again; Why Today's Furniture Doesn't Last; Defining 'Pet Parenthood'

My critique of #MayoralControl was not only about Mayor Adams. Monday Morning Global Politics; Mayoral Control of the Schools; 'Fast-Furniture'; Pet Parenthoodvia @BrianLehrer

wnyc.org/story/monday-m…

Monday Morning Global Politics; Mayoral Control of the Schools; 'Fast-Furniture'; Pet Parenthood | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC Robin Wright on Middle East Conflicts; Debating Mayoral Control of the Schools Again; Why Today's Furniture Doesn't Last; Defining 'Pet Parenthood'

My critique of #MayoralControl was not only about Mayor Adams. Monday Morning Global Politics; Mayoral Control of the Schools; 'Fast-Furniture'; Pet Parenthoodvia @BrianLehrer

wnyc.org/story/monday-m…

Closed for Democracy Cambridge Core - Education policy, strategy and reform - Closed for Democracy

Governor announces her plans to extend NYC #mayoralcontrol *before* the public hearings are over. Thinking of what Sally Nuamah says about how civic participation without response weakens democracy.

www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

Three thumbnails of historical photographs, titled respectively, "From the Masses to Experts," "The Push for Community Control," and "Decentralization: Community School Districts for Some"

NY Gov Hochul called for a 4-year renewal of #mayoralcontrol. History can help us think about what that means. Take a look at (still draft, but timely) materials on *Who Governs NYC Schools?* via NYC Civil Rights History Project: nyccivilrightshistory.org/topics/who-g...

Mayor Adams doesn’t push back when talk show host floats idea of blacklisting NYPD critics Mayor Adams didn’t challenge the notion of creating a blacklist of people who are “bad mouthing” the NYPD during a Tuesday morning talk show appearance that touched on ongoing cri…

No paper trails? Blacklisting? Using #MayoralControl @NYCSchools to silence voices of those who try to hold them accountable to the public? How's that for “Open & Transparent Government”...

nydailynews.com/news/politics/…

Mayor Adams doesn’t push back when talk show host floats idea of blacklisting NYPD critics Mayor Adams didn’t challenge the notion of creating a blacklist of people who are “bad mouthing” the NYPD during a Tuesday morning talk show appearance that touched on ongoing cri…

No paper trails? Blacklisting? Using #MayoralControl @NYCSchools to silence voices of those who try to hold them accountable to the public? How's that for “Open & Transparent Government”...

nydailynews.com/news/politics/…

Kids as pawns: The Legislature looks set to chip away at mayoral control of the schools Since 2002, New York State has properly given New York City’s top official accountability over the public schools. The arrangement, shorthanded “mayoral control,” best ensures tha…

I CAN say with a straight face that #MayoralControl isn’t working when schools not funded properly, federal monitor is needed so students with disabilities can receive services, & 2/3 of Black boys STILL can’t read at grade level according to @NYCMayor.

nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edi…