CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: A Leadership Perspective on the ‘Toxic’ State of Our Schools
David Bloomfield |
“Without the renewed confidence of principals, the administration’s agenda for improved student outcomes cannot be achieved.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYS Education Department Abandons its Mission with Private School Regulations
David Bloomfield |
‘The regulations, billed as solving the problem, only institutionalize it and gut the statutory requirement of equivalent instruction. As currently proposed, the regulations need to be voted down when the State Board of Regents meets to approve them in the fall.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Segregating Kids with Dyslexia is a Bad Idea
David Bloomfield and Mark Alter |
‘Marginalizing children with dyslexia and creating a safety valve for the DOE to claim it has solved the problem will not dent the reading deficits that plague our schools.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Tighten New York’s School Immunization Law
David Bloomfield |
‘New York, an epicenter of increased measles exposure, can take a major step nationally and internationally in controlling this and other serious disease with a common-sense statutory reform of school immunization requirements.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: New Teachers’ Contract is a Missed Opportunity
David Bloomfield |
‘At almost every turn, the contract benefits the Department of Education and does little to improve the lot of the vast majority of union members.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: What’s Wrong With the Mayor’s School Diversity Plan
David Bloomfield |
Whenever the mayor decides to take the promised second step in this journey, let it be a giant step, worthy of the greatest city in the world.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Ultra-Orthodox Yeshivas Need to Meet Their Educational Obligations
David Bloomfield |
‘No religious scruple, but rather tradition, dictates full-time religious study for some community members to the exclusion of state required subject matter. ‘ An op-ed.
