The NYC School System: America’s “Most Complex Bureaucracy” “If [Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYC Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña] don’t hold schools accountable for their performance, they’re going to pay a big price,” Joel Klein told Reason magazine Managing Editor Katherine Mangu-Ward during a recent interview at the National Summit on Education Reform in Washington, D.C. The former schools chancellor, who has a new memoir out about his eight years in charge of “the most complex bureaucracy in America,” issued his warning in response to a question about a new plan by de Blasio and Fariña to spend $150 million in an attempt to turn around 94 struggling schools. Klein took a different approach during his tenure: He closed dozens of schools. “We felt that sending kids to perpetual failure factories hoping and wishing for change is not a winning strategy,” said Klein. About 5 minutes. Shot by Todd Krainin and Joshua Swain. Produced and edited by Jim Epstein. https://youtube/watch?v=2APkpqxfbEg
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 10:30:12 +0000
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