The Issue: Whether mayoral control of the schools is an effective way to reform education in the city.
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Not many New Yorkers agree with how Mayor Bloomberg has handled schools (“Mulgrew at the Helm,” Editorial, March 18).
While we agree with the goal — graduating students who are college- and career-ready — we are far from that target.
No matter how high-minded and no matter how convinced the mayor might be, after almost 12 years, his policies have simply not succeeded.
Perhaps school-fixing should replace school-closings. Perhaps selecting an educator with credentials rather than, excuse the expression, a political toady, as chancellor, is in order.
And, perhaps we’ll have a mayor who can work together with parents and teachers.
I love the bike lanes, I love parks, but I don’t love Mayor Bloomberg’s attitude toward parents and teachers.
Peter Goodman
Manhattan
The mayor claims that the UFT’s plan to reform mayoral control of the school system empowers special interests.
That’s a laugh.
For the past 12 years, billionaires, hedge-fund managers and dilettantes have had their way with public education in this city.
Polls show that New Yorkers do not support unlimited mayoral control.Robert Berger
Bellerose