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This shouldn't come as much of a surprise to those who've been watching him closely, but Andrew "Governor 1%" Cuomo says h...

Unless you were sleeping under a rock yesterday, you know that Mayor Bloomberg ordered his NYPD jackboots to clear Occupy Wall Street prote...

I took the summer off from regular blogging here at Perdido Street School, and other than a guest stint at NYC Educator's blog a few wee...

It has been a long and eventful school year. Diane Ravitch blogged yesterday about some reasons to be hopeful for the future of public educa...

They should have never signed off on this in the first place back in 2010, but at least they're suing over it now that Tisch and King br...

From NY 1 Mayor Michael Bloomberg told reporters today that he did not pay enough attention as about $600 million was allegedly stolen from...

It's never too early for the UFT to get ready for the next battle with Bloomberg and the corporate education reform establishment. Bloom...

The Daily News covers the story this morning: The city Department of Education evaded state law to pay a controversial consultant $287,500,...

He admitted the money was always there in the budget, he was just choosing to spend it on things other than teachers: MANHATTAN — Teacher la...

From the Associated Press account of the budget deal reached last night between Mayor Bloomberg, the City Council and the UFT: NEW YORK— New...

I wanted to wait a few hours before writing my take on this because as soon as I saw the headline on the Times story last night around 10:45...

It's not his fault!!!!!!!!! Mayor Bloomberg today insisted most of the problem with his scandal-scarred CityTime payroll project was cos...

Rest in peace, Mr. Falk. Here is one of my favorite Peter Falk movies: "Did we hit that little boy on Sixth Avenue?" "Nahhh, ...

The mayor wants to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from the health care fund without any strings attached: A proposal by Mayor Michael...

The Gates Foundation is busy partnering with Monsanto to make Africa a genetically modified continent. All in the name of "philanthropy...

Al Jazeera has a really good video report on the CityTime scandal: This is the biggest theft in NYC history - the crooks stole $600 million...

On Monday, the U.S. attorney unveiled new indictments in the CityTime scandal and stated that $600 million the city spent on the payroll pro...

That's what was announced yesterday regarding the CityTime scandal: Nearly all of the $600 million that New York City has paid to the m...

Bloomberg needs to answer for this: Federal prosecutors Monday announced new charges in ...

Really good piece from John Marsh, author of Class Dismissed: Why We Cannot Teach Or Learn Our Way Out Of Inequality, in Sunday's Daily...