Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Study challenges mayoral control of schools - The Boston Globe

Study challenges mayoral control of schools - The Boston Globe

Study challenges mayoral control of schools

Bloomberg News / October 13, 2010

NEW YORK — Mayoral control, advocated by politicians pushing to overhaul underperforming school systems, fails to improve student achievement, according to a two-year study.

The research, conducted by the Institute of Education Law and Policy at Rutgers University, looked at improvements in nine education systems where there were changes in how the schools were governed, led by Baltimore, Boston, and New York City. The study will provide guidance to New Jersey policy makers as the state prepares to return schools in Paterson, Newark, and Jersey City to local control after as many as 21 years under state operation, the authors said.

The findings, the subject of a seminar yesterday at the university’s Newark campus, raise questions about Governor Chris Christie’s plans to overhaul the schools in New Jersey’s largest city by putting Mayor Cory Booker in charge,

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