NYC Greens: Hot For Teacher? Send your resume to Hearst!

Hello readers.

Can't resist a good Van Halen reference. Rock out before reading on:

This article in the Huffington Post details more governmental lunacy from billionaire mayoral hobbyist Michael Bloomberg. In his irrational view, corporate leadership should be applied to schools. So, he has tapped Heart exec Cathie Black to head up NYC schools?

Um, why, exactly?

Schools are not publishing houses, factories, stores, or any other for-profit enterprise. Applying that model to an educational institution is a great example of "square peg, round hole, apply hammer."

Greens stand for real education policy that puts the students first. Education is a real investment, with real results. Enron-izing it is not the answer.

Greens support educational diversity. We hold no dogma absolute, continually striving for truth in the realm of ideas. We open ourselves, consciously and intuitively, to truth and beauty in the world of nature. We view learning as a lifelong process to which all people have an equal right.

Education starts with choice, and within public education we believe in broad choices. Magnet schools, Site-based Management, Schools within Schools, alternative models, and parental involvement are ways in which elementary education can be changed to make a real difference in the lives of our children. Curricula should focus on skills - both basic skills that serve as a solid foundation for higher learning, and exploratory approaches that expand horizons, such as distance learning, interactive education, computer proficiency, perspectives that bring an enriched awareness of nature (biological literacy), intercultural experiences, and languages.

Greens view learning as a lifelong and life-affirming process. In learning, and openness to learning, we create the foundation of our platform.

Thanks for reading!