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Monday, October 8, 2012

NYC Public School Parents: A mother's lament after learning the grades of her sons' schools

NYC Public School Parents: A mother's lament after learning the grades of her sons' schools:


A mother's lament after learning the grades of her sons' schools



 Lots more commentary and criticism of the latest school grades.  Gary Rubinstein explained how the DOE's claims of stability are an example of "how to lie with statistics" here. The NY Post pointed out that the Ella Baker school  which got a "C" had just been singled out as one of the best schools in the city by the State Education Department. An editorial in the same paper criticized the grades as being entirely untrustworthy.  Eagle Academy, which last spring was praised by Bloomberg at a ceremony at