Mathgate: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Caught in Massive Grade Fraud Scandal

by Deroy Murdock and Charles Vavruska May 1, 2019

As education-reform activists prepare to demonstrate at New York’s City Hall on Wednesday, a massive grade-fraud scandal has been exposed in America’s largest public-school system. SOS NYC, an organization that fights the under-education of Gotham’s children, released middle-school ratings using its nascent School Grade Fraud Index (SGFI). The Index divides the percentage of a school’s students who pass their math classes by the percentage of students who pass their New York State math tests. The higher the Index, the greater the fraud. If 100 percent of a middle school’s students pass their math classes and 100 percent of students also pass the state math test, the school would have an SGFI of 1.0. Conversely, if 100 percent of students passed their math classes, but only 1 percent of students passed the state exam, the school’s Index would be 100...............De Blasio also is embroiled in scandal over his mismanagement of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). ............To Read More....