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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Wayners who wrote (90564)3/19/2014 11:02:40 PM
From: greatplains_guy  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
Leftist Bullies Try To Bulldoze Successful Charter Schools
By BETSY MCCAUGHEY
Posted 06:18 PM ET

On March 17, 19 parents who send their children to Success Academy, a Harlem charter school, filed suit in federal court to stop New York Mayor Bill de Blasio from denying them previously arranged space in a public school building.

Without space, their children and 173 others will not be able to continue at Success Academy this fall.

School bullying is a problem nationwide, but in New York the bullies are de Blasio and his pals — state NAACP President Hazel Dukes and teachers unions.

Their targets are middle-school kids, 97% of them minorities, and 80% eligible for lunch assistance.

Overcoming disadvantages, these middle-schoolers have soared to the top 1% citywide in overall student achievement.

The fifth-graders rank first in New York State in math — surpassing students in Bronxville, Scarsdale and other wealthy New York suburban school districts, where resources are available at school and at home.

So why try to force the closing of this successful school?

De Blasio, who sounds like a communist, is outraged that charter schools receive donations ...

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