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To: skinowski who wrote (49955)	6/11/2004 1:24:51 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 793917

A combination of "innovative schools", which are "somewhat independent of the NYC bureaucracy" -- and motivated parents (and students) sounds very good. Unfortunately, most schools are "normal" - and the bureaucracy is an unshakable empire. Agree. But Central Park East offers a model for a way to do something many have simply given up on. The book I recommended, as I recall, details some of the contentious history that lay behind the freedom vis a vis the school bureaucracy they acquired. It was started, nursed along, kept alive by a very innovative educator whose name escapes me as I type. And I'm a bit too busy to run it down right now. And protected from bureaucratic hits by a fairly powerful school bureaucrat who believed in the goal. Nice story.