Bring on the Noise: Let’s Get Loud!
by Carol Boyd
Two years ago in the midst of the mayoral control crusades, Mayor Bloomberg retorted regarding the school governance legislation that “If the Senate passes something that differs by one word or more it is saying to the city: We want to resurrect the Soviet Union, we want to bring back chaos.” Perhaps Mr. Bloomberg was consulting his private oracle, for in fact what New York City public schools, students, and parents are currently grappling with is nothing short of utter chaos.
When the NY State legislature reauthorized mayoral control of the NYC public schools, they tried to strengthen protections to ensure that the voices of parents and the vox populii would not be silenced. Instead, parents and the general public have been forced to “fade to Black” from the school governance arena.
An editorial that appeared in the NY Daily News yesterday (just in time for last nights Panel for