Michael Bloomberg's Failed Education Record
I read with humor that PolitiFact found that Mayor Michael Bloomberg's educational record of improvement was mostly true. However, a closer look at the data finds that Mr. Bloomberg's education policy was a failure.
The only real improvement was the bogus graduation rate. However, every educator knows that the improved graduation rates were because of "credit recovery" courses, administrative pressure to pass failing students, scholarship requirements, and linking teacher tenure to student grades. This is known as academic fraud.
Moreover, the Bloomberg claim that he reduced the racial/income achievement gap is bogus, even PolitiFact questioned the claim.
What PolitiFact failed to investigate was the increasing class sizesunder Michael Bloomberg, the bloated DOE Bureaucracy, the underfunded public school budgets, where most schools received only 82% to 86% of fair funding and the rise of charter schools at the expense of the public schools.
Just as important was Mayor Bloomberg's attempt to eliminate teacher tenure by bribing the Republican controlled State Senate by donating almost a million dollars to their campaign and CONTINUE READING: Chaz's School Daze: Michael Bloomberg's Failed Education Record
