Who Should 'Control' the Schools?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 22, 2024

With mayoral control of the schools being debated in Albany again, Clara Hemphill, founding editor of InsideSchools.org and the author of A Brighter Choice: Building a Just School in an Unequal City (Teachers College Press, 2023), talks about its history and the arguments for and against it.

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