NYC School Policy: Churn, Churn, Churn
Juan Gonzalez of the New York Daily News doesn’t usually write about education, but when he does, he hits it out of the park.
In this article, he interviews parents who can’t understand why their neighborhood school is being closed–again. It was closed and renamed in 2008, now it will be closed and renamed again.
The mayor wants to close 36 schools this year. After a full decade of mayoral control, with no one to say no to whatever the mayor wanted, there is another crop of failing schools. And next year there will be more and the year after that one. Despite all the reforms, failure never ends.
Mayor Bloomberg likes to close neighborhood schools. He likes putting kids on buses or in the subway to attend
In this article, he interviews parents who can’t understand why their neighborhood school is being closed–again. It was closed and renamed in 2008, now it will be closed and renamed again.
The mayor wants to close 36 schools this year. After a full decade of mayoral control, with no one to say no to whatever the mayor wanted, there is another crop of failing schools. And next year there will be more and the year after that one. Despite all the reforms, failure never ends.
Mayor Bloomberg likes to close neighborhood schools. He likes putting kids on buses or in the subway to attend
Are Teachers Unions Bad for Education?
After several consecutive years of hearing that teachers’ unions are terrible, teachers’ unions are an obstacle to reform, teachers’ unions are greedy, it’s easy to cringe when the subject of unions comes up. I personally have gotten over that. I have come to realize that the war on unions is part of the larger war on public education. The unions are the strongest political ally for the public schools, which are the workplaces of their members, and they need make no apology to the far-right that wants to reduce all working people to atomized individuals, lacking representation.
Bruce Baker decided to explore the recent attacks on teachers’ unions after reading a comment in The
Bruce Baker decided to explore the recent attacks on teachers’ unions after reading a comment in The
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