Showing posts with label Chancellor Walcott. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chancellor Walcott. Show all posts
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Comments on the city's Contract for Excellence plan from CEC District 2

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Dear Chancellor Walcott, We, the Community Education Council District 2, submit this letter to register, yet again, our objections on t...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

Nightline on test prep & the gifted exams: more "choices" for parents or magnifying social inequities?

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The results of the Gifted and Talented exams are in, and according to the NY Times , more than half of the children tested in wealthier di...
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

City Council hearings: More cuts to schools and even larger classes next year as contracts grow fatter??

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Me testifying with other advocates; credit CM Jackson who tweeted this Yesterday the NYC Council Education committee held preliminary ...
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Saturday, November 19, 2011

What's the real story behind the threatened bus strike: are the bus drivers the enemy or part of the 99%?

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The real facts behind the threatened school bus strike are difficult to untangle.  As the NY Times explained today, the mayor's positi...
Friday, November 18, 2011

Josh Karan on the DOE's new Parent University

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Chancellor Wolcott has announced that in the next half year he will be establishing an NYC public school parent training program which he c...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Last night at the Panel for Educational Policy, we occupied the DOE!

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Last night was inspiring as, for once, the 99% had their say at a Panel for Educational Policy meeting.  The meeting, supposed to be a pr...
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Friday, October 21, 2011

The Kick-off of "Parents as Partners Week": Who is David Coleman and why should we care?

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DOE officials are working hard, trying to persuade us that they now have a different attitude towards parents.  Next week is called “Parent...
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