Mayors, Superintendents Pledge Greater Cooperation

Detroit

Kicking off the Council of the Great City Schools' annual conference last week was an unprecedented gathering of mayors and school superintendents from many of the largest U.S. cities.

The meeting, co-sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, was considered a landmark at a time when mayors often speak of school improvement as critical to revitalizing urban areas. But in some cities, that interest is seen as an intrusion into the traditional barrier between the city government...