“The public has turned on Bloomberg.”

NYC Educator links to this NY Daily News column by Juan Gonzalez:

Mayor Bloomberg has ignited a firestorm among parents and teachers with his latest move to shut down 19 more low-performing schools – including many of the city’s biggest high schools.

The hundreds who filled Brooklyn Technical High School Tuesday night to protest a vote on the closings by the mayor’s Panel for Educational Policy sent a clear signal: The tide of public sentiment has turned against Bloomberg’s dictatorial school reforms.

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