Dear Principals:
As you know, the scores on state tests were drastically reduced. Some kids failed and we didn't find out about it until a few days ago. In fact, we didn't even offer them summer school. We're going to double down our efforts to deal with this.
To make sure we reach these kids, we're going to cut your budgets. This way, you can offer them fewer services and larger class sizes. But make no mistake, we believe in you. That's why we take no responsibility when things go awry. To show our continued good faith, we take no responsibility for this whole test thing either. In fact, when shrill troublemakers like Diane Ravitch and Leonie Haimson questioned the results, we vehemently and repeatedly denied the scores were gamed. Be assured the public forgot this long ago if they didn't simply ignore it in the first place.
I know that for many of us, it's dispiriting and disappointing to see so many more failures. But we must see this not as a roadblock, but as an important next step in our commitment to close every public school in New York City as soon as possible....
Sure, the lowered grades do not look good. But they give me renewed faith we can blame the UFT for everything that's gone wrong over the last few years...
I have the utmost confidence if we proceed in this fashion, the editorial pages will all say we're doing a great job, and New Yorkers will believe them. After all, anyone with money sends their kids to private schools, as Mayor Bloomberg and I did, and those who can't afford private school work far too many hours to follow what goes on.
http://nyceducator.com/2010/07/letter-from-chancellor.html
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