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Articles on mayoral control

Market-oriented education reforms’ rhetoric trumps reality

Control Ain’t Done Squat For NYC, http://jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2013/03/mayoral-control-aint-done-squat-for-nyc.html

NEPC, Claims on Mayoral Governance Don’t Stand Up to Scrutiny

Diane Ravitch, The Myth of Mayoral Control of Schools http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-ravitch/the-myth-of-mayoral-contr_b_191072.html

Diane Ravitch: Mayoral control means zero accountability, http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/education-secretary-duncan/ravitch-mayoral-control-means.html

Market-oriented education reforms’ rhetoric trumps reality: The impacts of test-based teacher evaluations, school closures, and increased charter school access on student outcomes in Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C.

We’re closer than ever to an elected school board in Chicago, http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160303/BLOGS02/160309916/were-closer-than-ever-to-an-elected-school-board-in-Chicago

Mayoral Control: The short of it

House Rep. Eric Pettigrew, House Bill 1497, mayoral control and the money

A letter to Representatives Santos and Pettigrew from the Seattle NAACP Education Chair re: Mayoral Control Bill 1497

The 32nd, 34th, 36th and the 37th Democratic Legislative Districts passed resolutions opposing mayoral control

League of Women Voters’ testimony on mayoral control House Bill 1497Resolution to Oppose

Appointed School Boards Respectfully presented to the 34th Legislative District http://www.34dems.org/sites/34dems/files/Resolution-Oppose-Appointed-School-Boards-02-10-15.pdf

How to Sell Off a City: Welcome to Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago, the privatized metropolis of the future.

Bill Gates in Washington State: Mayoral Control and Charter Schools

Bill 1497: Looks like Mayor Murray wants to run the school district now

The real force behind mayoral control

Mayoral Control Doesn’t Work and Is Wrong – William C. CalaMPS Outscores City of Milwaukee Charters By 10%

Rhee vows to shield D.C. teachers, supplies amid budget cuts

Fenty to Mayors: School Boards Have No Purpose

Mayor Bloomberg’s Crib Sheet

GATES’ $4 MIL LESSON

In the Hall: Mike McGinn’s Flawed Mayoral Campaign Platform

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