Conducting Interpretive policy analysis

Imagine, in the following functionalized account, that you are a policy analyst working for the mayor of Oakland, California. It is the late fall of 1996. The head of the School Committee has just brought the mayor the final draft of their report on students' performance on standardized tests. It indicates that, of the entire student population, African Americans have consistently, over time, tested in the lowest ranks. The School Committee's recommendations include applying for municipal, federal, and private teacher-training funds to establish a new program to train teachers in the use of "Ebonics," a name for the form of English spoken by many African American children in the school system (and elsewhere in the United States), to help students improve their performance. The Committee wants the mayor's public endorsement of this proposal, thinking that this proposal will strengthen their application to the City Council and to other funding sources. Perhaps they can even use the mayor's support to attract news coverage and public attention. The mayor calls you in, hands you the proposal, and asks for your analysis of it as a policy matter. How do you proceed?