Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Mayor Bloomberg's boast on graduation rates is misleading, according to study


Mayor Bloomberg's boast on graduation rates is misleading, according to study:

"Mayor Bloomberg's claim that graduation rates are up at small schools he created after shuttering large dysfunctional ones is misleading, a new study asserts.

The study, done at Columbia University's Teachers College, questions a key vehicle Bloomberg hopes to ride to a third term as mayor.

A recent TV ad from the Fund for Public Schools, which Bloomberg founded to funnel private money into public schools, cites Evander Childs High School as an example of a 'turnaround school.'"