Mayor Bloomberg:
- "I am the education Mayor".
- "Teacher experience is not necessary"
- "We can double class sizes and reduce teachers by a half and improve student academic performance".
- "I'm independent minded"
- "I can be a fair arbitrator for teacher misconduct cases".
- "We only want the best teachers for the City's students".
- "It's children first......Always".
- "Public school teachers cannot grade their own tests but Charter school teachers can".
- "School budgets are adequate and increasing class size and overcrowding is not a problem".
- "Poverty is no excuse".
- "I grew up in poverty".
- "I have the ability and experience to run the NYC schools".
- "Can't they just use birth control and stop having children"?
- "A quality teacher is more important than the socioeconomic conditions in which a child is brought up in".
- "Class size is not a factor in student learning".
- "Our teachers are quality teachers after completing a five week training course".
- "The New York State Teaching Evaluation System is a great way to measure a teacher's effectiveness".
- "All teachers accused of sexual misconduct are guilty and should be fired".
- "We represent teachers and want to improve the teaching profession".
- "High stakes testing is what's best for the student learning".
- "Standardized tests are the best indicator for teacher quality".
- "We publish fair and well-researched articles on the New York City schools".
- "Experience in the classroom is not necessary to be a school leader".
- "I underatand what the challanges are in the classroom".
- " High stakes standardized tests are a fair method to evaluate student learning and teacher effectiveness".
- "The NYS teacher evaluation system is a win for our teachers".