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A "Wedge" for Better Schools

Editorial
New York Post, March 8, 2006

In an editorial endorsing Schools Chancellor Joel Klein’s proposal to allow New York City principals to bypass more senior assistant principals for assistant principals of their choice, the New York Post mentions Common Good’s efforts to highlight the overregulation of New York City schools.  They write, “ New York City schools can be a bureaucratic nightmare.  For example, Common Good – a New York-based legal-reform group – noted not long ago that public-school principals must contend with more than 60 separate sources of rules and regulations as they go about their daily duties.  Schools Chancellor Joel Klein believes that, if principals are to be held responsible for the performance of their schools, they need some operational latitude.”