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Fenty Gets School Reform Tips From Bloomberg
D.C. Democratic mayoral candidate Adrian M. Fenty rides a New York subway with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. The candidate is in New York to study aspects of big-city governing -- and school reform.
(By Helayne Seidman -- The Washington Post)
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After meeting with Bloomberg and schools Chancellor Joel Klein, Fenty said he would borrow heavily from the New York model. He described creating a city-run Department of Education and having the school superintendent report to a deputy mayor for education, directly under himself and Tangherlini.
To win control of the schools, Fenty would have to win support from the D.C. Council and Congress.
Fenty said his proposal to the council would include specific plans culled from New York, where Klein has opened more than 170 small high schools, established a principals academy, mandated uniform curricula, ended social promotion and restructured the central administration.
Fenty added that he intends to invite council members to join him for another trip to New York.
At the news conference, Bloomberg and Fenty spent a few minutes talking about baseball and national politics.
"He didn't tell me if he's rooting for the Mets," Bloomberg quipped to more than two dozen reporters on a morning when the home team from Queens was tied in the National League playoffs.
"We brought you a Nationals hat," Fenty replied with a laugh, handing the mayor a red baseball cap with the team's signature white "W." Bloomberg declined to put it on, saying the tabloids might have a field day when the teams play each other next year.
Before the news conference ended, Fenty was asked whether Bloomberg should run for president.
"Michael Bloomberg has a great reputation that does go past New York City," Fenty said.
"I don't want to fuel speculation, but I'd be thrilled to be a constituent of the mayor's," Bloomberg interjected, before later adding for the tabloids that he was only joking.
