tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post8071559998841842576..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: Cheating scandal at Lehman: DOE's response and echoes of the pastPatrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-10268469562396295032010-06-27T06:58:27.709-04:002010-06-27T06:58:27.709-04:00The Bronx School for Law, Government & Justice...The Bronx School for Law, Government & Justice, once touted as the most up and coming school in the Bronx, has many of the same issues. The principal has changed test scores and even placed students in AP classes who had failed their subjects the previous year. There was also an investigation by the DOE when a asst. principal kept several students in the gym all day for an infraction and forced them to scrub the floors. No wrongdoing was found. Students were jumped in the halls during class changes and, although these incidents were reported by teachers, there was no punishment for the attackers except to stay in a makeshift classroom outside the dean of discipline's office for a day or two. Then, these students would be returned to the classroom and sit next to their victims. And that is just the tip of the iceberg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-21034034507426621632010-05-06T18:47:45.343-04:002010-05-06T18:47:45.343-04:00This cheating scandal was an awful act, But we nee...This cheating scandal was an awful act, But we need another active in front these acts.<br /><br />Melinda Watson.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.kneeanatomy.net/" rel="nofollow">knee anatomy facts</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-10568318227059152632010-02-25T23:13:32.780-05:002010-02-25T23:13:32.780-05:00right on ms. colon! she was a great teacher who in...right on ms. colon! she was a great teacher who inspired me to attend law school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-70539475040731468182009-11-01T21:24:42.772-05:002009-11-01T21:24:42.772-05:00Nice guess on the White House Fellow but I don'...Nice guess on the White House Fellow but I don't work in NYC and that's not my principal. I wouldn't have been stupid enough to publish about my principal if I thought it would be that easy to figure out. When Bloomberg goes and reformers like him, you can bet everyone's going to be running for cover. How many kids will be struggling with student loans that they took out to go to colleges they didn't have a prayer to graduate from?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-84197976855707505052009-11-01T13:55:47.328-05:002009-11-01T13:55:47.328-05:00I learned this week that a former Lehman HS studen...I learned this week that a former Lehman HS student, who is now a school safety agent, needed 5 credits to graduate. Leder gave him the 5 credits, no work, no classes, and this person graduated. There should be a committee of administrators, teachers, and parents who should review the criteria of grade changes. In this committee, there should be only tenured teachers, the chapter leader, and the PA president They, through consensus, should determine if a grade should be changed based on state guidelines. The principal should not have this absolute power of being the chief rating officer. When bonuses are involved, corruption takes the lead! I always thought that corruption only existed in the business world, but lately it has been rampant and shameful in the school system. Thank you Mayor Bloomberg for pressuring people to cheat, lie, and steal! You will go down in history as the mayor who boast about the school system's bogus stats! Let's continue to Leave Every Child Behind and give them credits where credit is NOT really due.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-6806956889367747632009-11-01T13:44:29.609-05:002009-11-01T13:44:29.609-05:00PRESIDENT OBAMA APPOINTS 2009-2010 CLASS OF WHITE ...PRESIDENT OBAMA APPOINTS 2009-2010 CLASS OF WHITE HOUSE FELLOWS<br /><br />Marc Sternberg, 36. Hometown: New York, NY. Marc Sternberg is the Founder and Principal of the Bronx Lab School. Bronx Lab is a non-selective college preparatory high school that serves 430 students from the Bronx and upper Manhattan. Founded in 2004, Bronx Lab has been called one of New York’s high profile new schools by The New York Times, and has earned praise from, among others, the Gates Foundation, The Economist, and Education Week Magazine. The school graduates its second class of students in June 2009. In a borough with a graduation rate of less than 40%, more than 90% of the Bronx Lab Classes of 2008 and 2009 have graduated having earned more than $4 million in scholarship dollars and nearly four college acceptances per graduate. Bronx Lab graduates attend Middlebury, Brandeis, Connecticut College, Syracuse, SUNY Binghamton and scores of other colleges and universities. After earning a B.A. from Princeton University in 1995, Marc served as a Teach for America corps member in the South Bronx where he taught for three years. He then earned a joint MBA and Masters in Education from Harvard University, after which he returned to New York City as Vice President of Victory Schools, an organization that launches and manages charter schoolsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-60034227455592479862009-10-31T20:58:41.065-04:002009-10-31T20:58:41.065-04:00The kids who are in school today are being set up ...The kids who are in school today are being set up for failure. The practice of changing grades, moving kids on when they are not ready, changing Regents scores is rampant. At my school, a student made up 12 CREDITS IN A WEEK and went on to graduate. The teachers were stunned but not surprised. Our principal went on to be a White House fellow. It's all a sham - all smoke and mirrors. When Bloomberg finally leaves and there is a nonpartisan look at these last 8 years, people will be stunned. It will take another 10 years to dig ourselves out of this mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com