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In 2002, NY City's recently elected mayor Michael Bloomberg made a traditional announcement: His supervision had won control of the city's university system in a first step toward reversing its precipitous drop. In a controversial move, he appointed Joel Klein, an completed lawyer from beyond your education establishment, to lead this ambitious campaign. Lessons of Hope is Klein's inside profile of his eight-year mission of improvement: demanding accountability, eliminating politics favoritism, and battling a powerful educators union that felt determined to protect a position quo that didn't improve kids. Klein's initiatives led to more university choice, higher graduation rates, and improved test scores. The New York City model is now seen as a nationwide standard for meaningful school reform. However the journey had not been easy. Klein faced resistance and turmoil at every move.
