This Week In Education: Thompson: More Questions About NYC Success

This Week In Education: Thompson: More Questions About NYC Success

Thompson: More Questions About NYC Success

by john thompson

Questions about the success of the NYC public schools under Joel Klein keep mounting. As reported in the NYT, a 2009 audit showed that Chancellor Joel Klein had created what one critic called the "Enron of Education." The transcripts of 25% of the audited student records were altered as the system inflated its graduation rate by playing games with