Showing posts with label James Liebman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James Liebman. Show all posts
Monday, September 3, 2018

Bob Hughes, now at Gates & formerly New Visions, provides $14M to New Visions & $2M to Jim Liebman for "evaluation"

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Last week, Bob Hughes, appointed director of the Gates Foundation K12 division in 2016, made his first big move.     He announced $9...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

Why the school grading system, and Joel Klein, still deserve a big "F"

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Amidst all the hype and furor of the release of today’s NYC school "progress reports", everyone should remember how the grades ar...
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Thursday, July 9, 2009

A Failing Grade for Mr. Liebman

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Several articles appeared today about James Liebman's resignation after serving three years as head of the Tweed's Office of Account...
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Saturday, September 20, 2008

The absurd NYC school grade system

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There is now abundant evidence to show that the grades that DOE awards schools – their so-called “progress reports” -- are meaningless and r...
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Saturday, August 2, 2008

New report on special education and D75 schools

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See this new report, " Improving Special Education in NYC's District 75 ," about the multiple problems with the separate spe...
Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Tweed's consultation with parents, or lack thereof

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Mike Meenan of NY1 had an excellent story last night about the Chancellor’s failure to consult with any Community Education Councils before...
Monday, December 17, 2007

Voices in opposition to the school grading system grow louder

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Diane Ravitch has an oped in today's NY Sun about the new school grades: Is the grading system accurate and reliable? Did the grading s...
Friday, December 14, 2007

Mark Weprin's City Council Testimony

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The following is Assemblyman Mark Weprin's magnificent testimony before the City Council Education Committee on Dec. 10: Good morning. I...
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

James Liebman on the run

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On Monday, at the City Council hearings on the school grades, James Liebman, the chief accountability czar and former law professor, faced f...