Setting high standards, ensuring that all children have access to outstanding teachers, holding educators accountable for their schools’ progress, and restructuring chronically struggling schools, are vital to creating a world-class public education system, mayors and superintendents of major U.S. cities told the Committee at yesterday's hearing.
Each of the four cities represented at the hearing -– New York City,
Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Atlanta -– have made impressive gains in
recent years in boosting student proficiency in reading and math and
narrowing the achievement gap between groups of students. As the
witnesses explained, many of these gains are the result of the
innovative reforms being pursued through mayor-superintendent
partnerships, including performance pay initiatives for teachers and
principals, increased accountability, and community-wide partnerships
that can help strengthen schools and provide better support for
teachers. More »
Chairman Miller
Mayor Adrian Fenty
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Chairman Miller
Mayor Adrian Fenty
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
