Political prisoners

摘要

Michael harper, a dad from Brooklyn, spent his day off earlier this month at a City Hall hearing on mayoral control of New York's schools. Wearing a T-shirt that said "Control de Alcaldia = Me-jores Escuelas" on the back and "Mayoral Control = Better Schools" on the front, Mr Harper hopes control of the city's schools remains firmly in the hands of the mayor. The school governance law granting the mayor sweeping powers is about to expire. In 2002, Michael Bloomberg (pictured left) convinced Albany's lawmakers to give him full control of the city's schools, which were in dire straits. Back then, indeed, he described the school system as being "in a state of emergency". There was no cohesion and there was no one person in charge. The 11m children in the system suffered: graduation rates were abysmal and test scores were terrible.