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Mayoral Control After Bloomberg

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Christopher Cerf - Christopher Cerf is currently Deputy Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education. Previously, he was a partner in the Public Private Strategy Group, which advises school districts pursuing comprehensive reform strategies. In that capacity, he served for a year as New York City Chancellor Joel Klein’s Chief Advisor on Transformation.

Carmen Colon - Carmen Colon is the Executive Director of the Association of New York City Education Councils.

Samuel G. Freedman - Samuel Freedman teaches journalism at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author of six nonfiction books and runs a renowned book-writing seminar each spring.

Joel Klein - Joel Klein is Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest public school system in the United States with over 1.1 million students in over 1,420 schools. Prior to his appointment to Chancellor in 2002 by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Klein served as Assistant Attorney General of the United States in charge of the Antitrust Division. Klein may be best remembered for prosecuting the United States Department of Justice anti-trust case against Microsoft. Before heading up the Antitrust Division, Klein was the deputy to Anne Bingaman, (the wife of Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico) in that office, and worked in the White House Counsel's office. He was in private practice for many years, specializing in appellate cases. Klein received his B.A. from Columbia and his J.D. from Harvard Law School. He served as a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell.

Ernest A. Logan - Ernest A. Logan was elected President of the New York City Council of School Supervisors and Administrators in November 2006 and began serving the union as President on February 1, 2007.

Alan Maisel - Alan Maisel represents District 59 in the New York State Assembly, which includes large portions of Southeast Brooklyn. Prior to his election to the Assembly, Maisel served as a member of Community Board #18. Prior to that he served as an Administrative Assistant to Congressman Charles Schumer and Chief of Staff to Assemblyman Frank R. Seddio, who preceded him in office. He also served as the Assistant Director of the New York State Legislative Task Force on Reapportionment from 1972-1982.

Merryl Tisch - Merryl H. Tisch was appointed to the New York State Board of Regents on April 1, 1996 and reelected to five year terms on April 1, 2001 and April 1, 2006. She was elected Vice Chancellor by her colleagues effective April 1, 2007.

Andrew White - Andrew White is Director of the Center for New York City Affairs at Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy. He is a writer on New York City politics, government, neighborhoods and grassroots movements.

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01.: Mayoral Leadership in School Reform

05 min 18 sec

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02.: Improved Statistics

06 min 02 sec

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03.: Welcome

03 min 32 sec

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04.: Introductions

02 min 11 sec

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05.: Reforms to Education System

07 min 15 sec

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06.: The Public in Public Education

09 min 33 sec

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07.: Decentralization Era

05 min 00 sec

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08.: Independent Oversight

04 min 04 sec

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09.: Corruption

07 min 01 sec

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10.: School Leaders That Are Not Educators

09 min 07 sec

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11.: Parent Engagement

04 min 00 sec

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12.: Teacher Quality Matters

04 min 45 sec

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13.: Teacher Tenure

09 min 27 sec

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14.: Confusion of Data

06 min 08 sec

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15.: Q1: Most Wanted Change to Statute

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16.: Q2: Large High Schools

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Changing the NYC Education System

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A Broken Public School System in NYC

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Christopher Cerf on Problems with Teacher Tenure

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Partner:: New School
Location:: The New School
New York
Event Date:: 03.06.08
Speakers:: Christopher Cerf,; Carmen Colon,; Samuel G. Freedman,; Joel Klein,; Ernest A. Logan,; Alan Maisel,; Merryl Tisch,; Andrew White

Summary: Mayoral Control After Bloomberg: Who Rules the Schools?

Speakers include Christopher D. Cerf, Deputy Chancellor for Organizational Strategy, Human Capital and External Relations, New York City Department of Education; Carmen Colon, Executive Director, Association of New York City Education Councils; Ernest A. Logan, President, New York City Council of School Supervisors and Administrators; Alan Maisel, Member, New York State Assembly (D-Brooklyn); and Merryl Tisch, Vice Chancellor, New York State Board of Regents. Samuel G. Freedman, columnist, On Education, New York Times, and professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, moderates the panel.

When Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office, one of his top priorities was to repair the city's ailing public schools. The state gave him control of the school system five years ago and must soon decide whether to extend that power to future administrations.

Are the schools more accountable today? Are students and teachers more successful? Are parents more fully engaged? Are principals more effective? What is the track record of mayoral control - and should it continue after 2009? - The New School