Jenny Sedlis | The 74
“The shift in New York City to mayoral control of public schools was the culmination of a hard-fought effort to bring accountability to the education system. Beginning in 2002, decisions would no longer be made by a group of faceless bureaucrats; the buck would stop right at City Hall. If voters were unhappy with the state of their schools, they knew who was responsible. This core principle of accountability was the bedrock of the landmark education reforms achieved under Mayor Michael Bloomberg.”