School reform is, by definition, an incremental process in which school leaders build on the accomplishments of those who came before them.
"It's generally known which buildings are in which school district," said Simone Song, the firm's founder.
"You never know at which hour, on which road, in which school, the bullets will rain down".
Dimbleby, who is passionate about transforming school food, also wants to change the way in which school cooks are perceived.
And it's a glimpse of a world in which "school reform" is an agenda and not just a term that sets off a brawl.
He's for school performance contracts in which school leaders vow to meet certain goals or risk losing control of their schools.
"It's a much different bond from one in which school taxes pay off the bondholders," said David Baldt, managing director of Deutsche Asset Management.
The students my colleagues and I spoke with simmered with complex analyses of the ways in which school conditions prevented them from learning.
The world is beset by a snowstorm in Komako Sakai's "Snow Day," in which school is canceled, Mom stays home and Dad's return flight is delayed.
It would be one in which school choice, a program expanded under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, would be limited by students' ability to afford transportation across the city.
The concerns, raised by many of the parents who spoke, stemmed from discussions last year — before the shooting — in which school officials proposed closing down an elementary school and shuffling the district.
