"Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver flipped a stiff middle finger to Presi dent Obama and Education Secre tary Arne Duncan over the weekend, all but flushing $700 million in special federal school aid down the toilet and initiating the dismantlement of New York's stunningly successful charter school movement.
It was a signal victory for the United Federation of Teachers, which can't abide charter schools because -- unlike the majority of unionized schools -- they actually educate kids.
Silver had help.
* John Sampson, a honcho in the comic cabal that runs the state Senate, signed off on the cave-in."
It was a signal victory for the United Federation of Teachers, which can't abide charter schools because -- unlike the majority of unionized schools -- they actually educate kids.
Silver had help.
* John Sampson, a honcho in the comic cabal that runs the state Senate, signed off on the cave-in."
