Mike’s surrender

Mayor Bloomberg waved a white flag at the teachers union Wednesday and admitted that his attempt to transform 24 failing schools has, well . . . failed. After an arbitrator reinstated 3,600 pink-slipped school staffers last month — and a state judge refused to intervene immediately last week — Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott said...



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Mayor’s school lament

Mayor Bloomberg didn’t sound very confident yesterday that the city would be able to overturn an arbitrator’s decision blocking the closure of 24 underperforming schools.“It’s very difficult getting the courts to overturn arbitrators’ decisions,” Bloomberg said yesterday from Sun Valley, Idaho, where he was attending the...



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