Tweed's Ghosts
October 31st, 2007
Reporters who cover the public school system have long wondered what the many well-paid people in the Department of Educations public information office do all. Now we know. They help ghost write op-ed articles.
That might be an exaggeration but Elizabeth Greens report in todays Sun makes one wonder.
Yesterdays Post featured a scathing attack by Kathryn Wylde on Diane Ravitch. Wylde is president of the New York City Partnership and an enthusiastic supporter and sometime funder — of Mayor Michael Bloombergs education policies. Ravitch, a leading education historian, professor at NYU and former Bush administration official, has emerged as one of Bloombergs leading critics.
In the op-ed, Wylde cited alleged flip-flops by Ravitch on key education issues. Speculating that Ravitchs position seem more tied to her unhappiness with the personalities in the Bloomberg administration than its policies, Wyle said, It isn’t clear why Diane Ravitch is so intent on discrediting the policies she once championed. What is clear is that, when it comes to public education in New York City, she’s no longer a source we can rely on for fair-minded commentary.
Pretty harsh. But Wylde did not do it all on her own. She had help — and it came from the Department of Education. Read the rest of this entry »
By Gail Robinson on October 31, 2007, 9:25 pmIn category: Education, Gotham City | 2 Comments »

