New York City Public Schools Governance Restructuring in 2009

2002年，纽约州立法机构试图结束纽约市学校系统几十年来管理混乱的局面，并通过让市长迈克尔·布隆伯格（Michael Bloomberg）直接控制纽约市的学校，在高层建立问责制。但NAEP表明，市长控制与更好或改进的绩效之间没有相关性。学校治理委员会建议更新市长的控制权，并做一些改变，其中大部分被州立法机关采纳。委员会的结论是，市长控制的主要优点是它增加了体制变革的能力。(3) 2009年8月，市长重新授权管理纽约市公立学校。根据新的州法律，纽约市市长在2015年之前控制着学校系统。修正案设立了一个160万美元的家长积极分子培训项目，并允许学区负责人审查学校校长。

(1) In 2002, the New York State Legislature sought to end decades of chaotic management in the New York City school system and create accountability at the top by giving Mayor Michael Bloomberg direct control of the city's schools. But the NAEP indicates that there is no correlation between mayoral control and either better or improved performance.(2) The Commission on School Governance recommended the renewal of mayoral control with some changes, most of which were adopted by the state legislature. The Commission concluded the major advantage of mayoral control is that it increases the institutional capacity for change.(3) The mayoral control of the New York City public schools was reauthorized in August 2009. Under the new state law, New York City's mayor has control of the school system until 2015. The amendments created a $1.6 million parent activist training program and let district superintendents review school principals.