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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is dumb. People say "I don't see the problem mayoral control" Others (including me) show evidence of issues. Then people go, "Well the other way stinks too."[/quote]

I don't believe that makes the thread dumb, I think it points out that the proposed solution does not seem to make sense for the problem. I don't like the Mayor. I don't think the Chancellor is good either. In fact, I think oversight should be strengthened for both sectors. However, I fail to see how increasing the power of SBOE or making OSSE more "independent" will be a solution for the issues put forward.

If history is any indicator, an independent board of education with "oversight" of educational funding and operations leads to more disfunction. The problems we see with the current system are only exacerbated by the introduction of 9 more political figures (many of whom are only doing the work so they can get "name recognition" to run in the next election).

I agree that increasing oversight is a good thing- give subpoena power to the Council Committee on Education or the IG. Do it for DCPS and Charters. In fact, mandate that the Council have a separate committee. We have separate powers and we should use them, but I don't see the case for increased powers of SBOE or OSSE and no one has made a good argument that these legislation would offer a solution we can't get in other (less costly, more productive) ways.

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