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Sunday, December 29, 2013

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The Hypocrisy Of Michael Bloomberg
Little send away tweet to Mike Bloomberg as he spends his last weekend in power, sunning himself at his Bermuda home:.@MikeBloomberg Sick of plutocrat w/ 12 houses, private jet, copter and 2 idling SUV's pontificating about environment!— realitybasededucator (@perdidostschool) December 29, 2013Bloomberg pontificates about environment all the time, but few individuals in this world have as big a ca


Bill De Blasio Vows To Have Chancellor In Place By 2015 - 2016 At The Latest
Citing concerns from students, parents, teachers, administrators and education bloggers over his failure to announce a chancellor to replace Dennis Walcott at the helm of the NYCDOE, Bill de Blasio stepped away from having brunch with family and friends at a diner in Park Slope to offer a brief statement.De Blasio was 25 minutes late to his statement, getting caught up at the mint bowl by the cash

What's Wrong With Bill De Blasio?
One of the knocks in the primary against Bill de Blasio was that some of his campaign promises were not serious ones, that in the "real world" the NY Legislature and Governor Cuomo were not going to raise taxes on rich people in order to give de Blasio his universal pre-K proposal.The De Blasio Campaign countered that de Blasio's campaign proposals were serious one's coming from a seriou


NYCDOE Investigator Demanded Sex From Teacher To Save Her Job
Here's Mayor Bloomberg's NYCDOE in action - the story is so horrifying via Susan Edelman at the NY Post, I repost it in full:A Department of Education detective tried to have sex with a Brooklyn teacher he was probing in exchange for letting her keep her job, she charges. Investigator Lawrence Scott, 40, allegedly sent scores of X-rated texts, a photo of his penis and explicit demands for sex to N

12-28-13 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekNY Sttae Politiicans Are Doing Little To End The Ravages Of CCSS, APPR And InBloomAs the public protests over the Common Core State Standards, the APPR teacher evaluation testing that has added so much extra testing to schools and the inBloom data project that is forcing districts to hand over student information to Bill Gates and Rupert Murdoch gai