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Mayors debate how to control schools

In major cities across the country, progressive mayors are reigniting the debate over how schools should be run, whether they should stay under mayoral control or allow more oversight from elected boards.

Erica Meltzer, national editor at Chalkbeat, joins us to discuss how cities are thinking about governing schools.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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