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Mayoral control of schools is governance over American schools based on the business model, in which the mayor of a city replaces an elected board of education (school board) with an appointed board. The mayor may also directly appoint the head of the school system, called the CEO, superintendent or chancellor. [1]
The mayor principally serves as chairman or president of the commission, presiding over meetings, but typically does not have additional powers over and above the other commissioners. In many cases, the mayor is selected by the commissioners from among themselves, though some cities with a commission form of government, such as Bismarck, North ...
An online school (virtual school, e-school, or cyber-school) teaches students entirely or primarily online or through the Internet. Online education exists all around the world and is used for all levels of education (K-12 High school/secondary school, college, or graduate school). Virtual education is becoming increasingly used worldwide.
Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker and others laid out a stark picture of the school district’s learning crisis and bold steps to fix it. ... the kind for which a good education is one of the few ...
Kleis speaks on strong mayor system. Kleis told the St. Cloud Times there are strengths to the strong mayor system, and a city the size of St. Cloud needs an elected executive in charge.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has chosen a former teacher and head of a prominent parents advocacy group to lead the Board of Education — part of Johnson’s near-total restructuring of the ...
The mayor may also have veto rights over council votes, with the council able to override such a veto. Conversely, in a weak-mayor system, the mayor has no formal authority outside the council, serving a largely ceremonial role as council chairperson and is elected by the citizens of the city. The mayor cannot directly appoint or remove ...
New York Mayor Eric Adams calls himself a progressive, but in his view, economic justice and environmental sustainability demand addressing quality-of-life problems, not ideological sloganeering.