FYI: The Times reported that the Ross school went through many principals. I think 7. How telling is that? I would love to know how many teachers they retain.
7 principals. Unbelievable.
Look at the conditions they have, and look at what public schools have. And they still can't even hold onto a principal. Imagine what would happen if public schools had conditions like the Ross school.
The NY Daily News reports Mayor Moneybags took his his vaudeville show on the road to the National Urban League for a speech about education and how teachers unions are hurting inner city kids of color. He bragged about his accomplishments in education reform and test score increases, claimed these wonders can be shared nationwide if the nation will sign onto his reform program (which is also Bill Gates' "Education in '08" movement) and extolled Obama for already signing onto his education reforms, teacher union bashing and merit pay.
All of this was reported uncritically, btw. Not one word about the three reorganizations and the attendant chaos that has come w/ them or the flimsy test score increases (if you make the tests easy, the rubric even easier and then hide the testing methodology, of course the test scores go up.) But plenty of tease about the Moneybags in '08 presidential campaign.
BTW, Obama would be a disaster for teachers. He's tied to the charter school movement and loves the idea of "accountability" for teachers (i.e., merit pay for test scores.) The NEA should have tossed him out on his inexperienced Oprah-approved ass instead of fellating him the way they did when he came by to speak to them. Who the fuck cares if Oprah likes him? Apparently the leaders of the NEA do.
Once again, our unions are embracing our destruction and calling it "inevitable progress." It's nice to see Randi Weingarten has nationwide influence as she pursues the destruction of teachers' rights.
Interestingly, the same issue contains a blanket denial that Moneybags is even running.
Like you say, it was reported. The reporter on scene has a job to report the event, the words etc. It's up to an editor to decide to go further. This reporter reported, not opined and for me that's refreshing.
BTW don't expect to see any followup in the Snooze. Zuckerman takes care of his big bucks buddies. See today's paper for how he's taking care of Spitz. No harm no foul, let's move on.
So moneybags Bloomi is safe from any Snooze editor with curiosity.
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