Friday, February 4, 2011

ERN at PEP Hearing; Klein, Romero « DFER Watch

ERN at PEP Hearing; Klein, Romero « DFER Watch

ERN AT PEP HEARING; KLEIN, ROMERO

The New York Times’ Barbara Martinez writes about the PEP’s decision to close a number of schools in NYC (at least 10 and likely 22). She writes:

Hundreds of protesters descended on Brooklyn Thursday, laying bare the deep philosophical divide that has become central to the Bloomberg administration’s education policy: whether the city should fix failing schools or shut them down.

Gotham Schools live blogged the meeting. ERN distributed a flier in favor of school closures and the opening of