Tuesday, November 20, 2012

This is not just sad

It's ridiculous. A mayor with no experience of education since his own student days, making unilateral decisions with the support of a crew of educrats who themselves have little to no education experience.

Here's what mayoral control of schools has gotten the taxpayers of NYC: of the 154 schools opened under Bloomberg, nearly 60% had passing rates on reading tests that were lower than those at older schools.

In other words, the Mayor's new and improved schools aren't doing better than the schools that were closed to make room for them.

Hey, Mike, how's that data driven decision making working out for you?

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/gonzalez-bloomy-flunking-school-moves-article-1.1202976#ixzz2Cml1IUTQ

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