FROM THE ANNALS OF EDUCATION – AT 12:57 P.M. ET:   Want your school to shine when the inspectors come through?  This is the way it's done.   From the New York Post: 

This principal gets a “D” for deception.

During the last two visits by the district superintendent for a “quality review,” Rachelle Legions, the leader of PS 106 in Far Rockaway, Queens, rounded up six to eight of the most disruptive students and hid them in a trailer in the schoolyard, insiders told The Post.

Children in several grades who frequently scream, fight and throw things were allegedly stashed out of sight and earshot while District 27 Superintendent Mary Barton toured classrooms to evaluate the troubled school — now on a state watch list because of rock-bottom test scores.

Kids seen as troublemakers — including some with special needs — were removed from classrooms before Barton visited last May 11 and Nov. 30 to prevent an embarrassing ruckus, insiders said.

“You could walk by any time of day and there will be two kids beating each up,” a staffer said.

The ploy worked. “When the superintendent came through, it was calm and quiet,” a witness said.

Instead, The outcasts were allegedly kept occupied on laptops and even ate lunch in the mobile unit, normally used for offices.

But staffers are irate at the ruse, saying parents were apparently kept in the dark and would be shocked to learn their kids were isolated.

“I would be absolutely disgusted that you’re treating my child like a dirty little secret,” one fumed.

COMMENT:  Read the whole piece.  I'm sure the leftists would argue that the answer is more money and more "multicultural" hiring. 

The New York City school system appeared to be improving under Mayors Giuliani and Bloomberg.  But the current, left-wing administration seems determined to do as much damage as possible.

January 29, 2017