Bloomberg Fails, Yet Does Not Get Letter Grade
Very sharp article in the Daily News today on how Bloomberg's signature initiative, school closings, has been an abject failure. It's important to note that the US Education Department favors similar programs, based on Arne Duncan's Renaissance 2012, also an abject failure.
It's pretty clear that high-needs students do not, in fact, disappear as a result of school closings (except at charter schools). Also, poverty does not simply disappear when you treat the nation's teachers like second class citizens.
Will America catch on? Can we get the word out? Will anyone help us?
Only time will tell.
It's pretty clear that high-needs students do not, in fact, disappear as a result of school closings (except at charter schools). Also, poverty does not simply disappear when you treat the nation's teachers like second class citizens.
Will America catch on? Can we get the word out? Will anyone help us?
Only time will tell.
