Amid all Bill de Blasio's woes, let's acknowledge he's doing his darndest to make good on one campaign promise: to keep bad public schools open and close down good ones.
We see the de Blasio logic at work in the tale of two charters. Recently students planning to attend three Success Academy charters this fall learned the mayor had killed them off. He did so even though (or maybe because) the mostly minority children at the Success Academy charters are learning.
Meanwhile, there's the charter staffed by United Federation of Teachers members. It's called the Fahari Academy. After the school earned an F on its most recent progress report, the Bloomberg administration decided to close it down at the end of this academic year. Now it's suing to be reopened — and word is it has a receptive ear at City Hall.
In a lawsuit filed last week, Fahari claims it's made big changes and is improving. Maybe. But let's remember that Fahari was rated the single-worst school in the city. After Fahari unionized, just 7 percent of its students passed state English tests in 2013, down from 40 percent in 2012. Only 10 percent passed math, down from 60 percent in 2012.
As public advocate, de Blasio dismissed the idea of closing down non-performing public schools. "To too many people over at the [Department of Education] building, closing a school is a panacea. They think it will solve all our problems."
But as mayor he obviously believes closing successful charter schools is what this city needs. If Fahari is allowed to remain open, the path for Eva Moskowitz's Success Academies is clear: Let the teachers unions in, and throw the student standards out.
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