The NYC Department of Education: "Readers, Insert Your Catchy Slogan Here!"
Until the end of the week, you can submit your slogan for the NYC Department of Education as a comment. Surely we can come up with something splashy.
Enter early, enter often. Based on the Halloween Edu-Parade, NYC School Report Card Haiku Contest, and the Valentine's Day Edu-Poetry contests, this should be fun.
In light of the New York City Comptroller's report issued this morning, which found that the Department of Education ignored bididng rules and overspent on travel, food, and conferences expenses in the middle of a budget crisis, my entry is:
The NYC DOE: Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangsta!
If you don't get the "Office Space" reference, you can watch this video.
Comments
Embrace obfuscation.
Posted by: Horacette | July 29, 2008 3:29 PM
"We'll graduate `em good."
Posted by: Pogue | July 29, 2008 3:54 PM
"Reach Out and Test Someone"
Posted by: Gary Babad | July 29, 2008 4:16 PM
The NYC DOE: "Because I said so."
Posted by: eduwonkette | July 29, 2008 5:01 PM
"You can trust your kid to the folks who take no bids"
Posted by: Gary Babad | July 29, 2008 5:07 PM
Propagating Myths is Job #1.
Posted by: TangoMan | July 29, 2008 5:13 PM
"A Reform a Day keeps Wisdom Away"
Posted by: Diana Senechal | July 29, 2008 5:38 PM
How about: “Accountability for everyone – except for the people who count!”
Posted by: leonie haimson | July 29, 2008 6:13 PM
You've got a need for Tweed.
Posted by: Ms. Miller | July 29, 2008 6:28 PM
"Tight Lips. Historic Gains."
Posted by: Diana Senechal | July 29, 2008 8:05 PM
The NYC DOE: "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is."
Posted by: eduwonkette | July 29, 2008 11:44 PM
DOE - Obfuscation is our middle name.
Posted by: MDS Brooklyn | July 30, 2008 8:51 AM
I can't believe I ate the entire NYC school system.
Posted by: Norm | July 30, 2008 8:53 AM
NYC DOE - All spin, all the time.
Posted by: GP | July 30, 2008 8:55 AM
The NYC DOE - Spin you can believe in.
NYC DOE - I spin, therefore I am.
Posted by: GP | July 30, 2008 9:06 AM
NYC DOE: Accountability is for little people
Posted by: Rachel | July 30, 2008 11:59 AM
The Enron of American Education
Posted by: Anon E. Muss | July 30, 2008 4:48 PM
NYCDOE: All tests, all the time......
and still no improvement
Posted by: sol | July 30, 2008 5:51 PM
You give us 22 billion dollars, we give you people who've never had experience running a school system
Posted by: sol | July 30, 2008 5:53 PM
"Testy Technocrats"
or, if it's about the organization rather than the leadership, "Testy Technocracy"
Posted by: DAVID BLOOMFIELD | July 30, 2008 7:32 PM