Re: news in NY Times

[William Cala <Wcala@ROCHESTER.RR.COM>]

Ed is right.  From those that know her, she is about 1/2 bubble off.  We
won't go into her support of Eubonics.

BC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Levine" <eddie185@YAHOO.COM>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: news in NY Times


> For better or worse, Adelaide Sanford's legacy in NY is her infamous
> suggestion that high melanin levels cause drug dependency.  She has
> few, if any, supporters among progressive educators of my
> acquaintance.
>
> If I were cynical (perish the thought), I might think that she was
> nominated because she had little or no chance to win ... mostly none.
>
>
>
> --- Peter Farruggio <pfarr@UCLINK4.BERKELEY.EDU> wrote:
> > Two interesting pieces in today's NY Times that have relevance to
> > the
> > struggle for improved education, especially for poor and minority
> > students.
> >
> > First Paul Krugman's economics column showing the glaring
> > contradiction
> > between the conservatives' "small government" ideology and the
> > needs of
> > most of the people.  This one highlights the health care crisis,
> > but it's
> > the same crisis we face in education.  Deliberate underfunding of
> > the
> > social safety net (and the economic infrastructure) because the
> > rich don't
> > want to pay progressive taxes.
> >
> > Then a news story about the  selection of a new chancellor for the
> > NY State
> > Bd of Regents.  Surprise!  The regents chose a conservative white
> > guy over
> > a multiculturalist Black woman.  She didn't "lobby" hard enough for
> > the
> > job!  What's interesting is that he's a big testocrat, and they are
> > worried
> > about the anti-high stakes barbarians at the gates (that's us).
> > Also
> > mentioned in the story is support for Ms. Sanford from  some Black
> > and
> > Latin politicians as well as some mention of the NAACP.  Is the
> > anti-high
> > stakes message becoming an issue in local politics?
> >
> > Comments from New Yorkers?
> >
> > Pete Farruggio
> >
> >
>
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> >
> >
> >
> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/19/opinion/19KRUG.html?pagewanted=print
> >
> > Bad Medicine
> > By PAUL KRUGMAN
> >
> > Sunday's front-page story in The Times on doctors who shun patients
> > with
> > Medicare may have been alarming enough; it seems that recent cuts
> > in
> > Medicare payments are inducing many doctors to avoid treating
> > Medicare
> > recipients at all. But this is just the beginning of a struggle
> > that will
> > soon dominate American politics.
> > Think of it as the collision between an irresistible force (the
> > growing
> > cost of health care) and an immovable object (the determination of
> > America's conservative movement to downsize government). For the
> > moment the
> > Bush administration and its allies still won't admit that there is
> > any
> > conflict between their promises to retirees and their
> > small-government
> > ideology. But we're already past the stage where this conflict can
> > be
> > hidden with fudged numbers. The effort to live within
> > unrealistically low
> > targets for Medicare expenses has already translated into
> > unrealistically
> > low payments to health-care providers. And it gets worse from here.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/19/nyregion/19REGE.html?pagewanted=print&posi
tion=top
> >
> > In Racial Split, Regents Elect a Chancellor
> > By ABBY GOODNOUGH
> >
> > The New York State Board of Regents chose Robert M. Bennett, a
> > seven-year
> > member of the board from Buffalo, as chancellor yesterday in a
> > tense vote
> > divided largely along racial lines.
> > The other candidate for the job was Adelaide L. Sanford, a former
> > public
> > school principal from Queens who, if elected, would have been the
> > Regents'
> > first black chancellor. The board, a powerful independent body that
> > sets
> > statewide education policy, voted 12 to 4 in favor of Mr. Bennett.
> > In
> > addition to her own vote, Ms. Sanford won those of the two other
> > black
> > members: Ena L. Farley of Rochester, who nominated her, and Joseph
> > Bowman
> > Jr. of Albany, who seconded the nomination. It was unclear who cast
> > the
> > fourth vote for Ms. Sanford, because the election was conducted by
> > secret
> > ballot.
> > No sooner had Carl T. Hayden, the board's chancellor since 1995,
> > announced
> > his resignation last month than Mr. Hayden and other regents began
> > quietly
> > promoting Mr. Bennett's candidacy.
> > Mr. Bennett, president of the United Way of Buffalo and Erie
> > County, had
> > been a close ally of Mr. Hayden and Richard P. Mills, the state
> > education
> > commissioner, in their quest to raise standards for students,
> > schools and
> > teachers and, in particular, to toughen graduation requirements
> > with a
> > battery of standardized tests.
> >
> >
> > >
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