tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post2613373824018446580..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: A brief summary of the record of Andres Alonso, possible candidate for NYC ChancellorPatrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-66643833635998054492013-11-15T07:28:13.724-05:002013-11-15T07:28:13.724-05:00Alonso illustrates the problem of solely insisting...Alonso illustrates the problem of solely insisting that the next Chancellor be an educator: there are plenty of so-called reformer opportunists who can fill in that blank, allowing an easy loophole for a politician to slip through.<br /><br />Not only must the next chancellor be a career educator with years of classroom experience, but she/he must also have a record of committed support for public education, unlike this fellow.<br /><br />Anyone with high-level association with the Bloomberg regime should be considered persona non grata.Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-65477379589369626032013-11-12T15:36:44.862-05:002013-11-12T15:36:44.862-05:00If you look carefully at the timeline leading up t...If you look carefully at the timeline leading up to Alonso's appointment as deputing chancellor, you will see that when Diana Lam was removed from office for conflict of interest, Alonso went off to Harvard to earn his credentials for the deputy chancellorship. At that time, Chancellor Klein nominated a DOE counsel to become deputy chancellor for instruction to replace Lam, but was rebuffed by the NYSED because the nominee lacked the necessary credentials in education; a waiver could not be granted, because NYSED had already done so for Klein himself, and doing so again would have resulted in NYC having its top two education administrators uncredentialed in... education. (This was years before Cathie Black's appointment.) Only at that point was Carmen Fariña appointed deputy chancellor. On almost the very day that Alonso graduated from the Harvard program that he had attended with objective of attaining those necessary credentials, Fariña retired, thereby making room for Klein's next choice to assume office. <br /><br />Once in place, Alonso's long-winded, convoluted rhetoric made little sense to those who reported to him. The most telling episode occurred when Alonso berated a room of instructional leaders (all of whom were lifelong educators at the BOE/DOE) for what he judged to be their general lack of commitment to the children of NYC and the DOE -- this without the slightest basis in any kind of fact -- only to depart days later for the sweeter job in Baltimore, having given no notice whatsoever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-24918645461509935632013-11-09T17:51:48.318-05:002013-11-09T17:51:48.318-05:00Diane said it many times that she does not want to...Diane said it many times that she does not want to pursue the chancellor's position. I would rather have Diane report all the education misfits that are out there.<br /><br />I feel that those who have always been on the side of education and children should be on the chancellor-canvassing committee. I would appoint Diane Ravitch, Leonie Haimson, Patrick Sullivan, Amy Arundell(she's fair and I feel UFT members trust her more than Mulgrew), several master teachers (20+ years of teaching), a strong parent advocate from each borough including a high school student from each borough. Let those individuals from the chancellor-canvassing committee should make the decision along with the mayor-elect.<br /><br />Picking any other administrator from the remnants from the Bloomberg cesspool will continue the education deform illness that have affected our school system. It is time to heal, recover, and to mend. No, no Alonso go back and get a teaching degree. You have been contaminated with the Bloomberg education deform virus. Spread it somewhere else.I noticed that...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-68875727355194443032013-11-08T17:49:10.197-05:002013-11-08T17:49:10.197-05:00This guy would be a disaster for NYC teachers, stu...This guy would be a disaster for NYC teachers, students, families-he's a classic "Ed reformer." I expect more from Mayor DeBlasio on this one...Diane Ravitch would be a solid choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com