tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post4473094587894564005..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: Mayor Bloomberg's Education Legacy Will Go Down As A Failed Attempt In Education Reform.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-74138154112739127472012-10-06T21:17:19.745-04:002012-10-06T21:17:19.745-04:00Perdido and Mike got it right. The only way I can...Perdido and Mike got it right. The only way I can sum it up is this way and I'm borrowing Quint's line from "Jaws." If I were ever to shake or look at the mayor's hands, I would tell him: "You got silly hands - been counting money your whole life!" Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-77281098817386323912012-10-06T10:12:19.229-04:002012-10-06T10:12:19.229-04:00If you think that Bloomberg ever had the intention...If you think that Bloomberg ever had the intention of improving the schools, then, yes, of course he has failed.<br /><br />But that never was his purpose. Instead, the agenda was to destabilize, fragment and privatize the system, while re-ordering labor relations by neutralizing the UFT and eliminating seniority and tenure.<br /><br />Looked at that way, Bllomberg and his vampire apparatchiks have been all too successful. Even if the Bloomberg/Tweed regime were to be overturned today and replaced by a humane and competent administration, it would take years, possibly decades, to reverse the damage.<br /><br />They've been highly successful in achieving their primary and venal goals: establishing school governance on their terms, re-ordering labor relations and successfully applying the methods of Disaster Capitalism to public education.<br /><br />And don't think that, without massive parent/student/teacher mobilization, any of his successors will do things differently. They may do a slightly better job of concealing their contempt for common humanity, but the policies will remain the same.Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-56694090913401252512012-10-06T10:09:41.717-04:002012-10-06T10:09:41.717-04:00Everything you say is true, Chaz - and yet, becaus...Everything you say is true, Chaz - and yet, because he owns the media, or his friends own the media, he doesn't get the blame for these failed policies. Murdoch, Zuckerman, et. al. depict these problems as the fault of teachers. Accountability never seems to be for the big guy.reality-based educatorhttp://perdidostreetschool.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com