Sarah Garland

Walcott and Bloomberg push for school 'choice,' whatever that means:

The question the Bloomberg administration's education policy doesn't answer is whether "choice" is supposed to be a means or an end.

Bio: Sarah Garland is staff writer at the Hechinger Report and has written for The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, The New York Sun, The New York Post, The Village Voice, New York Magazine, and Marie Claire. She is the author of Gangs in Garden City: How Immigration, Segregation and Youth Violence Are Changing America’s Suburbs.

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Walcott and Bloomberg push for school 'choice,' whatever that means

Dennis Walcott, the new chancellor of the New York City public schools, said recently that he would push to open more single-sex schools in the city. He’s a “big believer” in these schools he told the New York Post, and, more importantly, he’s “a big believer in options.” He thinks “people should have that choice. More

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on May 2nd, 2011 1:46pm

 
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After Cathie Black, maybe, public school leadership that believes in public schools

The Bloomberg administration has never seemed that concerned about winning popularity contests when it comes to school reforms. The fact that the mayor so unceremoniously rid his administration of Cathie Black after just three months says a great deal about what a glaring failure this experiment actually was. More

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on April 8th, 2011 11:24am

 
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Sarah Garland commented on The Front: June 25, 2010

I'm so glad you brought this back!

Posted on June 25th, 2010 1:18pm