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Sol-lywood! Stern Hits the Big Screen on Mayoral Control
In this interview with Simon Doolittle at AfterEd, Sol Stern explains where mayoral control went awry, tries to sell you some stock in Lehman Brothers, and gives Mayor Bloomberg a gentleman's C. Watch a clip below, or check out the whole 15 minute interview here.
Posted by eduwonkette on October 10, 2008 11:10 PM|Permalink
Sol Stern makes some good points about Bloomberg's misuse of power and school data. The problem with Stern is he looks for the answer only in more efficient accountability systems--a bureaucrat to watch the watchers. But this interview gave him a chance to talk about resources in the school and community community engagement to push from the bottom up. He gets a D-minus for that. At least he's not pushing vouchers any more.
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Shoule be required viewing for the general public.
Posted by: justice not "just us" | October 11, 2008 12:21 PM
Sol Stern makes some good points about Bloomberg's misuse of power and school data. The problem with Stern is he looks for the answer only in more efficient accountability systems--a bureaucrat to watch the watchers. But this interview gave him a chance to talk about resources in the school and community community engagement to push from the bottom up. He gets a D-minus for that. At least he's not pushing vouchers any more.
Posted by: Bernie | October 11, 2008 12:46 PM