New York - Mayor de Blasio should build upon the Bloomberg education reforms, not roll them back.

Choice, Accountability, and Achievement

by Charles Sahm

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio seems intent on scrapping or watering down many of the accountability-based, competition-driven school reforms put in place by his predecessor, Michael Bloomberg. 

At the press conference announcing his pick for schools chancellor, Carmen Fariña, de Blasio suggested that city schools had little to show for 12 years under the Bloomberg administration. 

But a close look at the record reveals undeniable improvements in school governance and respectable progress on student achievement.

While New York City’s schools are far from perfect and much can be done to build upon the Bloomberg-era reforms, Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Fariña should reflect on how far the schools have come before embarking on wholesale changes.

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