New Coalition to Challenge Bloomberg’s Education Policies
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
Published: May 17, 2012
A coalition of labor unions and liberal advocacy groups is planning an ambitious effort to support mayoral candidates who pledge to reverse some of the Bloomberg administration’s more-contentious public education policies.
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The coalition, to be announced on Friday, is a direct response to another well-financed political group,StudentsFirstNY, which was formed this year as a counterweight to critics of the administration’s stewardship of the city’s schools, and is led by former schools chancellors of New York and Washington. The new coalition will be called New Yorkers for Great Public Schools.
The dueling groups underline the highly visible role that public schools are expected to play in next year’s mayoral race, as the contenders debate the merits of policies like the
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