Friday, October 23, 2020

Do you know where your child's personal data is? Please fill out our survey on your school's use of digital apps -

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Class Size Matters, NY Allies for Public Education, and the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy would like to know which online apps or p...
Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Testimony on Attendance Reporting Bills

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The NYC Council Education and Health Committees held oversight hearings on October 16 on the reopening of schools, as well as two proposed ...
Monday, October 19, 2020

Today's Contract Committee meeting - disappointing with few questions & confusing answers from DOE

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Above is the video from today's Contract Committee of the Panel for Educational Policy. It was a short meeting, mostly composed of Ch...

Questionable DOE contracts to be voted on Oct. 21 by the PEP, concerns about DOE lack of compliance with student privacy law & ongoing issues about PEP process & lack of training

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 I sent this memo to the members of the Panel for Educational Policy last week; questions about their busing contracts, DOE's lack of co...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

"Talk out of School" on "integration fatigue" and what's happening in Finland's schools during the pandemic

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Today, on my podcast "Talk out of School," I interviewed Prof. Noliwe Rooks and author William Doyle. First, I recapped some ...
Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Why Covid has spread in Ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods and "Cutting School" -- how Black schools have been a focus of experimentation and profit

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Today on my WBAI podcast "Talk out of School" I updated listeners on the additional school closures planned this week in NYC, fir...
Monday, October 5, 2020

Hearings tomorrow for Success Academy charter revisions & comments from District 2 CEC members demanding more transparency

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UPDATE 10/6/20 - There was NO discussion or vote on the Success Academy revisions at the SUNY charter committee meeting today; one can only ...