Mayor Bloomberg has been spewing insults at the state Senate for stalling and questioning his control of schools. Considering their recent actions, you have to agree they’ve been absolutely despicable. But, in this case, they happen to be right. Bloomberg likes to run things his way with no public input; with the bottom [financial] line taking precedence.
What this means to the education of our children is that they are denied programs that he and his business partners deem too expensive...and parents are being purposely left out of the dialogue. This may be the way to run a business but it is definitely not the way to run an educational system or, for that matter, a city with millions of people dependent on these decisions.
True, the old Board of Education was bogged down in incompetent bureaucracy; too often more concerned with perpetuating itself than fulfilling its mission; but control by Bloomberg’s business model is worse; his real mission being the bottom line rather than educating our children. Those with the means can afford a complete education for their children in the private sector. What about those who can’t?
Which is worse and how can we create a system that truly serves to provide the best free education possible for the children of our city? What do you think?
-- I. Friedin
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