New Brief Detailing Failure of Mayor’s School Closings Policy
“School Closures: A Shell Game with Students” shows that lower percentages of high-needs students at Bloomberg’s new schools inflated performance. Click here to read the policy brief!
Parents, elected officials and advocates gathered on the City Hall steps
(January 27, 2012 – New York, NY) About a dozen elected officials joined the City’s largest public school and parent-led organizations today on the steps of City Hall to release a report with new statistics detailing the failure of Mayor Bloomberg’s education reforms—particularly his school closings policy. The group demanded immediate action to suspend and reverse failed policies.
The report provides evidence that key Bloomberg “reforms” such as school closings have not produced the gains that the Mayor has claimed over the past decade. Elected officials and advocates today called the closings