tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post188368975951559656..comments2024-03-28T02:32:33.019-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: Grade Fixing, Cheating Took Place Under Bloomberg Tooreality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-55999381063393981682015-08-04T19:45:17.006-04:002015-08-04T19:45:17.006-04:00One of the basic premises of propaganda, developed...One of the basic premises of propaganda, developed first by Joseph Goebbels but then refined by Joseph McCarthy, is the "Big Lie." The Big Lie was described in detail during WWII in a report by the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA:<br /><br />"Never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or a wrong, never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it."<br /><br />Our reformista adversaries have learned the power of the Big Lie and use it against us relentlessly. We teachers, by nature and training believers in "facts" and "truth" and "complexity," respond to the Big Lie with careful amassing of evidence and counter-assertion to demonstrate the falseness of the Big Lie. <br /><br />But the Big Lie is very effective as propaganda for the very reason that it is impervious to rebuttal by "facts" or "truth" or demonstrations of its inherent falsity.<br /><br />That's why reformistas use it. That's why the Post uses it here. And we can assert all the "truth" and all the "facts" we want to each other but the Big Lie, when supported by the resources that the reformistas have at their disposal, cannot be disproved. A small lie can easily be demolished. The Big Lie is so audacious that it lives forever.Harris L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-11063993296326720932015-08-04T14:41:13.275-04:002015-08-04T14:41:13.275-04:00Thanks for sharing your experience. There was so ...Thanks for sharing your experience. There was so much pressure under Bloomberg/Klein and Bloomberg/Walcott and little oversight for individual schools. So long as the data looked good and you could put a dog and pony show on for QR, all was well.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-48357627990347103742015-08-04T14:13:56.070-04:002015-08-04T14:13:56.070-04:00Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Klein were the champions of ...Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Klein were the champions of academic fraud. They re-engineered the school system to intimidate teachers to bring their pass rates up to 90%. <br />I was bullied many times both verbally and in writing to improve my pass rate. I received a letter on my file regarding a low pass rate and I my pedagogy was blamed and defamed. Mr. Bloomberg engaged in a kind of scorched earth economic war against teachers and the UFT. In the end I received a U rating because of low pass rates. The UFT leaders were bought out by wealthy reformista Billionaires. Randi was given prime time speaking opportunity at the Democratic National Convention and a check for $10,000,000 from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. <br />As a result, at the time I considered commuting suicide. I decided to record on my IPhone all conversations with administrators and all of the school meetings. I have a massive trove of evidence against the DOE at this point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-78116754897221801132015-08-04T12:51:39.943-04:002015-08-04T12:51:39.943-04:00Indeed you have, Chaz. I will point that out on T...Indeed you have, Chaz. I will point that out on Twitter as well.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-84787418017217870642015-08-04T12:13:49.226-04:002015-08-04T12:13:49.226-04:00I have been writing about the academic fraud for t...I have been writing about the academic fraud for the last 8 years. Just take a look at the credit recovery and bogus graduation articles on my blog.Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-21223203958483767732015-08-04T10:37:36.477-04:002015-08-04T10:37:36.477-04:00Great points, Pogue. I'm beginning to compile ...Great points, Pogue. I'm beginning to compile the cheating/juking from the Bloomberg Years, so if you can think of more, post them.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-32780880327548201472015-08-04T10:36:46.742-04:002015-08-04T10:36:46.742-04:00Blind eye turned no more - https://twitter.com/NYD...Blind eye turned no more - https://twitter.com/NYDNBenChapman/status/628573943251771392reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-62814118169696764652015-08-04T10:36:03.807-04:002015-08-04T10:36:03.807-04:00Thanks - will check this out.Thanks - will check this out.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-37009872073274974712015-08-04T10:35:51.778-04:002015-08-04T10:35:51.778-04:00That's right. It's payback at de Blasio fo...That's right. It's payback at de Blasio for the 2014 election cycle. And of course GOP (or Felder) never went at Bloomberg because he contributed millions to them.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-79248707013029024802015-08-04T10:27:24.606-04:002015-08-04T10:27:24.606-04:00There are two reasons and two reasons only for the...There are two reasons and two reasons only for the mayoral control controversy: 1) The mayor tried to elect at Democrat state Senate majority. 2) The GOP craves the massive contributions from the charter school crowd. Republicans need these monies to maintain their power and they also use them to live off of. Look at the LI 9's campaign finance disclosure forms and you will see them all spending monies on cars, phones, food, tolls, parking, gifts, etc. They don't want to pay for anything out of their own pockets, so they sell all of us out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-21857509540080881202015-08-04T10:13:00.807-04:002015-08-04T10:13:00.807-04:00Off topic, but I wanted to mention what's goin...Off topic, but I wanted to mention what's going on in Ohio that's super cool. <br /><br />http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/08/03/cincy-schools-state-stop/31049447/<br /><br />Apparently 41 school districts are joining up to form an advocacy group for more local control. <br /><br />Very smart. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-8875537663719365272015-08-04T08:50:59.643-04:002015-08-04T08:50:59.643-04:00Under the Bloomberg/Klein/Walcott administration t...Under the Bloomberg/Klein/Walcott administration the practices now cited regarding academic fraud came to fruition. Having taught for more than 30years the initiation of practices such as; online course credit, credit recovery, component retesting, and skirting state requirements for student seat time became prevalent. Unfortunately the DeBlasio administration has been slow if not offering a blind eye to the corrupt practices that have turned the NYC public schools into the prototype for the reform minded elite. You are so correct in pointing out the hypocrisy in not placing the blame on Bloomberg & Company. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-79394566720274040252015-08-04T08:49:41.916-04:002015-08-04T08:49:41.916-04:00A lot went on under Mike "juking the stats&qu...A lot went on under Mike "juking the stats" Bloomberg.<br /><br />Small schools were better than traditional schools (creaming).<br />More students were graduating (social promotion at any cost).<br />More students were going into college (remedial classes be damned).<br />More schools were being graded "A" (must be election time).<br /><br />What a farce.<br /><br /><br />Poguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-55571184114332862202015-08-04T08:46:40.908-04:002015-08-04T08:46:40.908-04:00By all means, spread this post on Facebook.
It...By all means, spread this post on Facebook.<br /><br />It's important to point out the sheer magnitude of cheating under Bloomberg - much of it known by the DOE and ignored until they were forced to deal with it.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-20113298356444140092015-08-04T08:44:02.853-04:002015-08-04T08:44:02.853-04:00Maybe it's time to use Facebook to spread mess...Maybe it's time to use Facebook to spread messages about Ra and Felder so that they don't get their jobs back in the next election. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com