Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent nearly $1 million on campaign-style ads to promote his budget. (NY1)
Teachers union chief Michael Mulgrew called the ads a “vain attempt” to change voters’ minds. (DN)
In spite of rezoning, popular UWS elementary schools still have long wait lists. (InsideSchools)
The most popular word in NYC school names is “Academy,” followed by “Charter.” (City Room)
Two local elected officials argue that the city needs to remediate PCBs in schools immediately. (HuffPo)
Young soon-to-be voters told Gov. Cuomo they’d remember his education cuts. (State of Politics)
New York has accessed less than 8 percent of its Teacher Incentive Fund grants. (Ed Money Watch)
Former Chancellor Joel Klein defends N.J. education commish appointee Chris Cerf. (Star-Ledger)
A Pennsylvania mother is trying to start a boycott of standardized testing. (CNN)
Some of Michelle Rhee’s views about teaching seem to contradict themselves. (Quick and the Ed)
How does school accountability relate to healthy lunches? An explanation. (Chicago Mag via Russo)
A start-up is creating a marketplace for teachers to buy and sell lesson plans and tests. (Business Insider)
John G
Oh, wait ..wait … THE MAYOR is trying to buy my opinion?? Yikes! That’s just … .. oh.. more of the same, actually.
Wolfon’s right on one point: The mayor is fighting to get his views out there right now. But it’s only because people have stopped listening to him. It seems like he’s lost a lot of credibility …
… and much of the press has stopped giving him a rubber stamp! There was once a time where the News and post were -how should I say this delicately?- sympathetic to the mayor’s wishes. I think he lost the News back when he insisted on C. Black as the chancellor and went to Bermuda for the Christmas Blizzard. I think he recently lost the Post as well, because their Op-Ed blasted him a few weeks back as a non visionary who’s had too much time and hasn’t accomplished enough. Also, they haven’t been running too many anti-teacher ads as of late (that’s right ..the post!! Can you believe it??)
So now he’s got to buy his own air time to brainwash us??
Poor guy.
Buoyed, I am reminded of the fact he spent a crap load of money on his last election and only won by a few points.
I still can’t believe I was ever a fan of this guy! yuk!!
Mustafa
“Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent nearly $1 million on campaign-style ads to promote his budget.”
It’s both arrogant and pathetic.
I really think that this is going to have the opposite effect than what Bloomberg intended. A lot of people are tired of him and this commercial is nothing more then him patting himself on the back.
This commercial highlights the discrepancy that Bloomberg has created in his tenure as Mayor. The distinction between the rich and the poor has never been more apparent. It must be nice to be so rich that you can have your own commercial…meanwhile many hungry New Yorkers are worried about finding dinner tonight.
It would be fun to see some video savvy person create a parody of this commercial mentioning the failed westside stadium, citytime, the blizzard, Cathie Black’s appointment, joking about Irish people being drunks, and the importance of bike lanes and pedestrian malls.
Ellen
it’s almost as bad as re-naming the Queensboro Bridge the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge….two guys, past their prime, desparate for attention. I don’t know which one will have the worst third term Mayor record, but both of them look pretty silly right now.
PoshG
“Or run for a fourth term.”
Are you serious dude? This guy would not get re-elected for a fourth term if Beyonce was holding up a Vote for Bloomberg sign in a hoochie outfit! His dismal rating is proof that NY’ers have had enough! See ya Mikey!
jodama
Agreed – Bloomberg can spend his millions — he will not get reelected. His approval ratings speak for themselves.
NYTeach
Bloomberg spends a million $ on TV ads, because he is desperate and hoping the public won’t run him out of town.
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