Education Officials Join Panel on Future of
Mayoral Control of Schools, Set to Expire Next Year

“Who Rules the Schools? Mayoral Control After Bloomberg”

Feature Presentation on Bloomberg’s Legacy by
Schools Chancellor Joel Klein

NOTE:


WHAT:

The New School's Public Programs can be seen via webcast on FORA.tv. To watch this program, visit http://fora.tv/2008/03/06/Mayoral_Control_After_Bloomberg.

When Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office, one of his top priorities was to repair the city’s ailing public schools. Five years after giving him control of the school system, the state is set to decide later this year whether to extend that power to future administrations in 2009. The Center for New York City Affairs at Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy will host a forum analyzing the legacy of Mayor Bloomberg’s control of New York City schools, including accountability, student, teacher and administration performance and parental engagement, as well as the political and policy realities of the upcoming reauthorization process. Joel Klein, chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, will give a feature presentation on the Bloomberg Administration’s education track record.

WHO:

Feature Presentation: Joel Klein, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education

Moderator: Samuel G. Freedman, Columnist, “On Education”, New York Times; Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Panelists:

Christopher D. Cerf, Deputy Chancellor for Organizational Strategy, New York City Department of Education

Carmen Colon, Brooklyn parent leader; former CEC President; Executive Director, Association of New York City Education Councils

Ernest A. Logan, President, New York City Council of School Supervisors and Administrators

Hon. Alan Maisel, New York State Assemblyman (D-Brooklyn); Member, NYS Assembly Committee on Education; and 30-year veteran of the NYC schools (20 years as a teacher and 10 as an assistant principal)

Merryl Tisch, Vice Chancellor, New York State Board of Regents

WHEN:

March 6, 8:15am to 10:30am

WHERE:

Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY

RSVP:

Admission is free, but seating is limited. Please RSVP to 212.229.5418 or centernyc@newschool.edu

ABOUT THE CENTER FOR NEW YORK CITY AFFAIRS AT THE NEW SCHOOL

The Center for New York City Affairs is a nonpartisan institute dedicated to advancing innovative public policies that strengthen neighborhoods, support families and reduce urban poverty. The Center’s original, applied research, academic seminars and media projects seek to explain the politics of community change and explore solutions grounded in the real-life experience of practitioners and residents in New York’s neighborhoods. Its public programs offer community leaders and others the opportunity to meet powerful players in and around government and to learn about the context, organizations, and other factors that define the policymaking landscape in New York City and urban America. This event is made possible by the generous support of the Milano Foundation and the Sirus Fund.

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