that the deadline to make certain changes to New York State educational policies (such as liberalizing restrictions on Charter Schools) in order to qualify for federal funds is a phony deadline. Just like the deadline to enact congestion pricing. And for some in the media to repeat that assertion with a straight face.
If you want to know the reason why the New York State legislature, controlled by the public services producer interests and hostile to the needs of public services consumers, will not make the changes being demanded by the Obama Administration, re-read this post. And remember, it was written before the take home pay of future teachers in NYC schools was cut by 5 percent (for starters). No one could have seen that one coming, right?