"A disclaimer: This post is about New York City schools. The chaos that's going on in New York is something all school advocates need to be following, because a lot of powerful forces would like it to be going on in our town too.Or, to borrow a few lines: Start spreading the news. They want to be a part of it. If they can do it there, they 'll do it anywhere.
Anyway, the blogger NYC Educator posted an idea for Mayor Bloomberg, who is running New York schools with an 'I'm the decider' system and has closed 91 of them.
Pretend They're Charter Schools"