Howard Dean On What De Blasio's Candidacy Means
There aren't too many Democrats I like or respect these days, but Howard Dean is one.Here is what Dean did today:Top Bloomberg aide Howard Wolfson went on NY1 last night and criticized Bill de Blasio's mayoral platform, arguing that the public advocate was inconsistent on term limits and would bring New York City back to the high-crime era of the 1970s. This morning, de Blasio appeared with 2004 p
Know A Man By The Enemies He Makes
NYC Educator says if Weingarten, Bloomberg and Wolfson don't like de Blasio, there may be something to him.I think he makes a good point.Diane Ravitch made some good points in her endorsement of de Blasio as well.Let's see - Ravitch for, Weingarten/Wolfson/Bloomberg against.Hmm, which side am I on...
Bill Thompson And Black Community Support
This NY Times article looks at Thompson and de Blasio on stop-and-frisk and finds most people just don't buy Thompson's position:Mr. Thompson, a former city comptroller, enjoyed overwhelming support among blacks when he ran against Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg in 2009. But this year, he must win over voters like Anthony Padgett, 55, a father of two who works as a housekeeper at a Brooklyn hospital.
“It’s two claps and then a sizzle.”
The NY Times took a stab at charter school teacher burnout and attrition rates today.Norm Scott did a nice job of taking the themes the charter school operators hawk around their teachers - experience is a detriment, 5 weeks TFA training is more than enough to give teachers the skills they need, anybody with more than a couple of years experience gets burnt out - and applies them to the journalism
DNAinfo: Eva Moskowitz Plans To Open 100 News Success Academy Charter Schools
From DNAinfo:WILLIAMSBURG — The controversial charter network Success Academy plans to open 100 New York schools in the next decade, DNAinfo New York has learned.The charter chain already has 20 schools in the city with another seven slated to open next year, despite fierce opposition from public school advocates in Williamsburg, Hell's Kitchen, Gramercy, Harlem and other neighborhoods.It received
8-26-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Research Group Financed By Bloomberg Philanthropies Hails Bloomberg Education PolicyThe Daily News has a story out today about research group MDRC releasing a report that shows how Bloomberg's small schools initiative has improved graduation rates of students compared to other schools in the system.The group claims the following on their website:(New York, August 26, 2013) —