The United Federation of Teachers today filed a Freedom of Information Law request to ensure that the Department of Education preserves documents and emails vital to public understanding of how decisions were made during the Bloomberg era.

“Mayor Bloomberg’s final weeks in office have been dedicated to bolstering his legacy, often with little regard for the facts. The new administration needs accurate information — not a whitewashed history of the last 12 years — if they are to rebuild the New York City public school system,” said Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers.

The FOIL request asks for copies of documents pertaining to the selection of Common Core curriculum, special education reforms, the placement of high-needs students, the selection of schools to be closed and co-located and dollar allocations to charter schools, among other topics.