And Slate is hosting an awesome space for dialogue and contest about reinventing education. spaces.School buildings must be part of nation's conversation about education. Quality education requires quality spaces, something that millions of students lack.
We know that millions of children, especially those living in low-wealth school districts, spend their school days in poor quality, unhealthy, and overcrowded buildings that cause health problems and limit educational opportunities. All students and teachers have the right to adequate, appropriate learning conditions that will allow them to strive for and achieve the goals being set for them. No single level of government can accomplish this alone. We must create a new federal, state, and local partnership to ensure that each and every single community has sufficient resources to provide high-quality school buildings to their students.
Hearings and testimony on Mayoral control from Diane Ravitch and others
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Above is a video of the full hearing last week on Mayoral control, also available
here. The questioning from the new Chair, Eric Dinowitz, as well as
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