Contempt, confusion, and cheers in State of the City reactions
By Philissa Cramer
(From Gotham Schools, January 12th, 2012)
Joe Williams, executive director of Democrats for Education Reform:
What the mayor put forward today is a series of bold yet common sense initiatives to improve our public schools, ideas so obvious that with each one he announced the crowd erupted in applause. Opening high performing schools, paying teachers more and creating an elite corps of educators from the tops of their college classes are all important steps towards giving every child the top notch education they deserve. We should remember those authentic reactions as the special interests do their best to appeal to those applauding today to turn on these ideas tomorrow.