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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jeff directed this here, so I'll stick it here instead:

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1450150223771275264

I can't figure out how to link a screenshot, but Yglesias says ending mayoral control is a bad idea, and provides reasons.

I think this was to be expected, given the Weeds episode about school reopenings.[/quote]

Except the link I posted *just above* your post is the link of a WAMU reporter correcting Matty. He’s wrong on the factual case of what’s being proposed in DC.

https://twitter.com/maustermuhle/status/1450159613131857920?s=20[/quote]

he’s not wrong. read the bills. removing OSSE from mayoral control and putting it under the SBOE is removing mayoral control. and of course - these bills are just prelude to more extreme bills. people with any interest in a functioning DCPS should testify against them. [/quote]

Neither bill would take away the power of the mayor to appoint the chancellor, so yeah...it's not ending mayoral control. The rest of Yglesia's thread is just as misinformed.

From Cheh's bill:

"In every state, school districts answer to state-level education authorities, which are empowered to audit all school data and demand corrective action where an audit identifies areas of concern. In no other state does the state-level oversight body report to the head of a school system it oversees. This conflict of interest compromises the work of our Superintendent, risking the public’s trust in the integrity of our school data."

The superintendent would be appointed by the mayor -- and OSSE would have more independence, and by removing conflict of interest, remove the disincentive to audit, thereby functioning more like other states. It seems like the DCUM naysayers would like that accountability of our schools, but then where would you all be if you don't have a union boogeyman to worry about?

Stop making this out to be something it's not at all.[/quote]

Well, it does lessen mayoral control, so that part is accurate.  It is a "shift away from mayoral control" as Yglesias states.  And the other bill DOES put OSSE under the control of SBOE, so that is absolutely removing a big portion of mayoral control.

At any rate, can you answer any of the above questions about Cheh's bill?:
1)  who appoints the head of OSSE under the bill?
2)  how would this bill change school functioning?
3)  which agency would OSSE be under, according to the bill?

In general, what issues is the bill meant to correct, and will it do that?  Can you provide an example?

You can try and smear people asking genuine questions all you want, but it doesn't make your cause look good.[/quote]

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