Mayoral control: the need for more accountability, transparency and checks and balances

Check out Part I of our terrific Dec. 19 public forum with Council Member John Liu, Robert Tobias, former head of testing for the NYC public schools and now director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at NYU, Udi Ofer, Director of Advocacy at the NYCLU and George Sweeting, Deputy Director of the Independent Budget Office.

The speakers were clear about how the administration is exploiting ambiguities and loopholes in the law to evade any actual oversight or checks and balances, either when it comes to the civil rights of NYC students or the accurate reporting of data such as test scores or spending policies, and how this has led to a "crisis of confidence" in our schools.

Part II is posted here, and Part III is here.

Mayoral Control: The Need for Accountability, Transparency and Checks and Balances

A Forum hosted by the PARENT COMMISSION on School Governance

Friday, December 19^th at 6:30 p.m.

Judson Church Assembly Hall

239 Thompson Street in Greenwich Village

(Directions: Take A, B, C, D, E, F, or V trains to West 4th Street, #6 train to Astor Place, or #1 to Sheridan Square)

Confirmed speakers include:

Council Member JOHN LIU, NYC Council Education Committee

UDI OFER, Advocacy Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union

Prof. ROBERT TOBIAS, Director, Center for Research on Teaching and Learning at NYU and former head of assessment for the Bd. of Education

GEORGE SWEETING, Deputy Director of the Independent Budget Office

For more information contact: 917-435-9329 or parentcommission@gmail.com