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| Bill de Blasio says mission is to 'redistribute wealth' in NYC school system |
| 2020-12-20 |
| [FOX] New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in a news conference Friday said he sees the redistribution of wealth as an important factor toward ending structural racism in education. "I’d like to say very bluntly our mission is to redistribute wealth," he said. "A lot of people bristle at that phrase. That is, in fact, the phrase we need to use." He added the city's government needs to "more equitably redistribute resources" throughout the school system, which he said would include pre-K and 3-K for all and advanced placement courses in every high school. The mayor said that minority students have been most affected by coronavirus school closures, adding his office would focus on closing the "COVID achievement gap," that disproportionately hurts kids without access to tech resources while distance learning. He went on to announce several admissions changes in the city aimed at fighting segregation in selective schools, including expanding diversity planning in every district, eliminating geographic priority for the next two years and expanding grant applications to more districts. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 The friggin moron ought to be embracing education as the goal; not redistribution of wealth or indoctrination. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2020-12-20 17:08 |
| #11 In Constitution 2.0, any politician who is comfortable enough to say that their job is to take money from one group and give it to another group is summarily executed. |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-12-20 10:30 |
| #10 ^ Bending the curve down? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-12-20 08:34 |
| #9 ...It is all class war, all the time: top schools are for children of top people. p.s. Ever wondered how Hunter Biden got into Georgetown & Yale Law School? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-12-20 08:12 |
| #8 ^It is, it is - from his point of view: too many hoi polloi kids manage to get into elite schools through merit programs, etc... . But once you assign all these merit niches to wakandans ... |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-12-20 08:05 |
| #7 Good to know quality education's at the top of his list. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-12-20 08:02 |
| #6 ...I suspect that those who still benefit from the shrinking numbers of 'good' schools in the system will put the kibosh on this right quick. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2020-12-20 07:59 |
| #5 His programs are redistributing New York wealth to mid-Atlantic states and Florida. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2020-12-20 07:08 |
| #4 A true Wacondan convert. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-12-20 03:32 |
| #3 I'm sure people with money & connections will still manage to find good schools for their kids. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-12-20 02:16 |
| #2 Why don't we redistribute the grift you directed to your idiot wife? Like, distribute back to the public from whom you and she stole it? |
| Posted by: Throrong and Tenille8939 2020-12-20 01:49 |
| #1 Surely this will fix everything and it will never devolve back to how things normally end up. |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-12-20 01:45 |