Who is really “for the children”? ====== I’m a seventh-grade math teacher at Success Academy Harlem West, a public charter school. On April 30 and May 2, 3, the 272 students at my school, along with some 480,000 other New York City public school children, will sit for the state math exam. Last year, 89% of my seventh-graders and 83% of our... Read more
Archive for the ‘Party Politics’ Category
What I’ve Learned Teaching Charter Students
April 2 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Party PoliticsImproving Education for the Poor… and the Left
March 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Democrat Party, Obama, Party Politics, The Left, UnionsAgain, no surprises. ====== Feb. 28, 2014 6:48 p.m. ET New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio carried through this week on one of his campaign’s “progressive” promises: his assault on charter schools. Mr. de Blasio announced that he would not allow Eva Moskowitz’s Success Academy to open three new charter schools that had been approved by previous Mayor Mike Bloomberg. Readers of these... Read more
The Endless Benghazi Coverup
February 27 | Posted by mrossol | Liberal Press, Party PoliticsIt would be encouraging to see this issue get some traction. ============= The worst part of National Security Adviser Susan Rice’s comments on Sunday’s “Meet The Press” was that she expressed no regret for saying that the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on U.S. outposts in Benghazi were “absolutely” the result of protests against a “very hateful, very offensive video that has offended... Read more
A Good Time for Housing Reform
January 6 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Party PoliticsIf Congress cannot address and issue like this, then it is truly dysfunctional. Please, someone tell me why I’m wrong?? ============ The prospects for progress on Capitol Hill this year are few, but one possibility is reform of federal housing policy. With home prices rising and the economy growing, now is a good time to pare back the government support that has... Read more
Where the Jobs Are—and How to Get One!
September 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Economics, Party PoliticsNY Times? (Sorry). ======= Bob Funk: Where the Jobs Are—and How to Get One The man who matches companies with workers talks about the skills gap, the harm from ObamaCare, and the incentive not to work. But he’ll still find you a job. Here’s something you don’t often see in Washington: a businessman trying to repeal a law that helps his company. That’s Bob... Read more
