Mike's war for the kids: Albany must pass the mayor's bold program of school reforms:
"Mayor Bloomberg is taking the fight for education reform right to the teachers union and its allies in the state Legislature - and all the more power to him for picking up the cudgels.
Stunningly, in an speech attended by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Bloomberg said he had ordered Chancellor Joel Klein to start using student performance data in tenure decisions."
"Mayor Bloomberg is taking the fight for education reform right to the teachers union and its allies in the state Legislature - and all the more power to him for picking up the cudgels.
Stunningly, in an speech attended by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Bloomberg said he had ordered Chancellor Joel Klein to start using student performance data in tenure decisions."
