Sharing power to reshape education.

Reports that a new system of Athenian democracy is being practiced in P.S. 64 and 240 other schools in New York City's school system for the last two years that allows teachers to request additional equipment for their classes to a panel of teachers, administrators and a principal. One of the boldest drives to shake up the nation's largest school system in two decades; Schools Chancellor Joseph A. Fernandez's reputation behind the idea; More.