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Bloomberg speaks on education reform at CU

Bloomberg speaks on education reform at CU

Bloomberg speaks on education reform at CU

The mayor spoke Thursday morning at Columbia as part of a three-day conference held by New York City Global Partners.

By Carrie Montgomery

Published November 19, 2010

Zara Castany / Staff photographer

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s childhood teachers would never have imagined him making a speech on education reform.

“I was the student who made the top half possible,” Bloomberg joked, referring to his academic performance.

The mayor spoke Thursday morning at Columbia as part of a three-day conference held by New York City Global Partners. A slew of high-level education officials gathered in Low Library to propose reform strategies and programmatic solutions to