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For More Mayors, School Takeovers Are a No-Brainer

For More Mayors, School Takeovers Are a No-Brainer

online.wsj.com - 34 weeks ago - 299 views

The Wall Street Journal looks at mayoral-controlled school systems in Chicago, New York, D.C. and other major cities that have used initiatives like merit pay for teachers, charter schools and testing accountability in light of President Obama's education plan, which pushes these controversial methods.

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Ha, I love the last paragraph of the story:

"Terry Falk, a retired teacher and current Milwaukee school-board member, fears an education dictatorship. "The problem with mayoral control, you might have a good mayor at a particular time," he says. "But what about the next mayor and the mayor after that?"

We don't have that problem here in Chicago, do we now?

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