Mayor de Blasio has GOT to read this article.

[Smarmie Doofus]

So does anyone, anywhere interested in authentic, LEGITIMATE ed reform. (No, not Obama, not Duncan, not Gates, not Walmart; I said *AUTHENTIC*.)

Hundreds of millions of dollars ( HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS!) "wasted" on useless ed technology.

"Wasted"? Really? Some would say he's goin' easy.

I wonder how typical this is around the country. My guess is: pretty typical.


>>>>The D.O.E. has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars on poorly-performing or abandoned technology projects. It has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on services using non-competitive bidding processes. The D.O.E. left hundreds of millions of Medicaid-reimbursable dollars on the table and was forced to repay to the federal and state governments much of what it managed to claim. The networks have wasted nearly $100 million a year on school-support services of questionable value.>>>>>>

http://www.wnyc.org/story/opinion-cut-waste-coming-table-over-teachers-contract/

Don't know what a Network is? Neither do I. Neither does the author ( I'm pretty sure.). Neither does anyone. We're not supposed to know.

The gentleman knows whereof he speaks: Ex NYC teacher; retired Asst NYS Comptroller.

Your move, Big Bill.

[Mass]

1. The problem is not the project, but the fact that administrations do not know how to manage them

Some of the same problems are endemic in the Federal government too, as seen not only with healthcare.gov, the veteran/army healthcare fiasco, many military projects.

What we need is a total change of the way these contracts are awarded and supervised. It is overdue, but this does not mean the projects by themselves are useless.