1.0 link 218644 <![CDATA[The Banana Republic of NYC Public Schools]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leonie-haimson/the-banana-republic-of-ny_b_218644.html Here in New York City, we are living in a banana republic known as Bloomberg, Inc. This sad reality is most apparent when it comes to our public schools.

Our Board of Education, which the Mayor decided to rename the Panel on Educational Policy, was called into session on Thursday, with only one hour's public notice, to rubberstamp a school budget that contained $400 million in cuts to our schools.

Hours later, the City Council approved a capital...

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