In N.Y.C., Crew and Giuliani Agree To Disagree Over Voucher Proposal

By Caroline Hendrie

Following their sudden and unsettling clash over school vouchers, New York City's mayor and schools chief allayed fears last week that the nation's largest school system would soon be shopping for a new chancellor.

The dispute began in January when Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani proposed a publicly funded, Milwaukee-style voucher plan to help send poor children to private schools--an idea that Schools Chancellor Rudolph F. Crew unequivocally opposes.

Their differences did not flare up, however, until it became clear early this month that the mayor was actively trying to line up a majority on the city school board to back the plan. That prompted Mr. Crew to warn that if the mayor succeeded, the schools chief would have no...