He's got a lot of bright ideas. FYI.
https://gothamist.com/news/year-roun...ntent=20211118
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan on Thursday for establishing year-round school and expanding early childhood education — policy proposals that echo those that vaulted his successful initial bid for City Hall in 2013.
“What I put out today is an entirely different vision of how we educate kids and support our families,” said de Blasio, speaking on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “It will revolutionize education in the state of New York.”
While there has been lengthy speculation about de Blasio’s political future — when and if he plans to run for governor — the announcement Thursday signals an effort to burnish his legacy on education policy while keeping alive a potential bid for the state’s highest office.
The plan builds on de Blasio’s signature achievement as mayor, rolling out pre-kindergarten to 70,000 children across New York City. On MSNBC, he also said he wants to extend the school day, providing additional enrichment opportunities for elementary through high school students. And he proposed building on the city’s Summer Rising program, which offered all students for the first time last summer a mix of education and recreation programs, not just students in need of academic support.
To pay for these programs, de Blasio suggests increasing the income tax on anyone making more than $1 million dollars a year, a similar approach to what he envisioned would pay for pre-kindergarten when he was first elected in 2013. (The state ultimately funded the program without a tax increase.)
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