Bloomberg In The Sky With Soft Drinks
Just a little reminder of all the goodness that Mike Bloomberg has brought us as mayor.
No Wonder The Education Reformer Don't Want Kids Reading Literature Anymore
From the NY Times:Reading Chekhov for a few minutes makes you better at decoding what other people are feeling. But spending the same amount of time with a potboiler by Danielle Steel does not have the same effect, scientists reported Thursday. A striking new study found that reading literary fiction – as opposed to popular fiction or serious nonfiction – leads people to perform better on tests th
NYCDOE To Put Statues Of Mayor Bloomberg In Every City School Before Bloomberg Leaves Office On December 31
Following the news that the NYCDOE gave a performance assessment test to seventh graders asking the students to rate the success of our Dear Leader, Mayor Bloomberg, Perdido Street School blog can reveal that the NYCDOE has drawn up plans to put a bronze statue of their hero, Mayor Bloomberg, in every school in the city before Bloomberg leaves office at the end of December.The statues will depict
Bloomberg DOE Makes Mayor Bloomberg Subject Of City Test That Will Be Used To Evaluate Teachers
All hail our Dear Leader, the Great Bloomberg!New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is often the subject of debate — but now he’s the subject of an essay question that forces students in the schools he controls to rate his career.The question, part of new city-created exams being administered in public schools this fall, asks seventh-graders to read a recent speech made by Bloomberg and write about whe
De Blasio Up 50 Percentage Points In Q Poll
I thought the race would tighten, especially after all the attacks on de Blasio.Judging by thenumbers in the new Q-poll, I was wrong about that:Democrat Bill de Blasio is leading Joe Lhota 71-21% among likely voters in a Quinnipiac Poll released Thursday morning, a stunning 50-point lead that could prove difficult to overcome with just weeks to go in the mayor's race."These numbers say Public
More Andrew Cuomo Corruption News - Moreland Commission Edition
Cuomo said the Moreland Commission could look at anybody's campaign fundraising - including his own.But he's hiding something here: Gov. Cuomo’s anti-corruption commission killed a subpoena to the Cuomo-controlled state Democratic party, the Daily News has learned. The subpoena was to seek information on the party’s spending from its “housekeeping” account, sources said. The account raised millio
De Blasio Very Skillfully Ties Lhota To The Tea Party
Last night I posed that I thought de Blasio should attack Joe Lhota for his temperament rather than his past allegiance to Barry Goldwater and William F. Buckley Jr., saying that many New Yorkers may not care about Conservative icons from the past and what Lhota's allegiance to them says about his candidacy.But de Blasio managed to hit Lhota over this yesterday very skillfully: In a blistering bro
10-2-13M Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Cuomo To Appoint Pataki, McCall To "Tax Cut Task Force"Anybody who thinks a Mayor de Blasio is getting a tax increase on rich people in Governor Andrew Cuomo's re-election year should take note of this news: ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo is turning to the Republican who defeated his father to come up with ways to cut taxes, the Daily News has learned. In a surprising announc