Editorials

Bloomberg and Klein Keep Pushing Ahead

For as long as just about anybody can remember, New Yorkers who care about public education—that should be all of us—have complained about how our schools are being managed. Bloated bureaucracies and inflexible work rules came to be seen as enemies of learning and achievement.

That’s beginning to change. Read More

Whittle Listing Beloved Manse; Company Quakes

When Chris Whittle, the charter-school mogul at the helm of Edison Schools Inc., put his legendary East Hampton estate on Georgica Pond on the market for $46 million on Sept. 3, he was gunning for a Hamptons record.

But he may have to make every penny of that if he plans to come out Read More