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JANUARY 2008

2007: A Year of Progress in Education, Quality of Life and Public Safety

By Mayor Michael Bloomberg

I think it’s fair to say that 2007 will  be one for the record books. New  Yorkers are living longer than at any  point since World War II, our population  is rising, and tourists are coming to visit us in  record numbers. Over the past 12 months, we’ve  launched more than 30 innovative poverty-fighting  programs to give struggling New Yorkers a  hand up, and we’ve begun work on most of the  127 proposals outlined in PlaNYC—our ambitious  agenda to guide New York’s future growth  while confronting major challenges like climate  change and traffic congestion.

But much of New York’s success over the past  year is owed to the fact that we continue to make  great strides in three key areas of city life: education,  quality of life, and public safety.

Public schools are the training grounds for the  leaders of tomorrow. That’s why our administration  has made improving them a top priority. In  2007, we took big steps on a number of fronts.  We reformed the school funding process to  address historic inequities. We reached agreements  to award bonuses to educators who work  in our highest-need schools and improve student  achievement. And we gave parents powerful new  insight into their child’s classroom by issuing  progress reports that grade each school from A to  F. All of this will build on the gains we’ve already  made in higher graduation rates, improved test  scores, and the narrowing of the achievement gap  among students of different ethnicities.

The past year has been a tremendous one for  New York City, so let’s give three cheers for our  teachers and principals, our sanitation workers,  our police officers, and all of the City employees  who have worked so hard to make 2007 one of  our best years ever. I’d like to wish them—and all  of you—a happy and healthy New Year.#

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