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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]

lol no. you leave out the part where OSSE has control over many key substantive issues like assessments, federal grants, and IDEA. It’s not simply an audit function - which yes, should have independence and *already does.*

and there are two bills.

the first bill B24-80 removes mayoral control of OSSE and puts it under the school board. The school board would appoint the superintendent as well, removing the mayor AND the current requirement of Council consent. It allows DCPS employees to be elected to the board (currently all DC employees prohibited).

the second bill B24-101 removes OSSE from the mayor and makes it an independent agency. The mayor continues to appoint the superintendent but may only remove them for cause (which can be hard to do - requires wrongdoing or insubordination and not just disagreement.) It adds some additional data provisions that are extremely broad and vague and hard to implement, and IMO completely contrary to the goal of data governance and data quality.

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