Thursday, August 14, 2014

Parents and Educators Reject the Tests, the Scores and Corporate Agenda of NYSED & Pearson

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If as many as 60,000 students opted out as John King admitted today, that means the participation rate statewide was less than 95%.  R...
Friday, August 1, 2014

Tish James on need for better capital plan & improved space utilization formula

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See below letters from Public Advocate Tish James to the Deputy Mayor and the NYC Chancellor,  on the need to expand the capital plan, e...
Thursday, July 31, 2014

My speech when I received the Parent Voice award in DC on Monday night

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Me with the board members of Parents Across America On Monday night in Washington DC, I received the Parent Voice award from Pare...

Letter to SUNY board from Councilmembers, urging them not to approve any more charter schools until true accountability is achieved

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An article about this letter was in today's Daily News. Excerpt: "We are being oversaturated with charter schools," said...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Leonie Haimson talking education reform on Bob Herbert's Op-Ed show

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I was on Bob Herbert's Op-Ed show on CUNY-TV show last week; talking about corporate reform, charters, testing, the Common Core, schoo...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Our comments on how the city's proposed Contract for Excellence plan violates the language and the spirit of the law

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Please send your comments to ContractsForExcellence@schools.nyc.gov by the deadline of July 19; Mine are below.  thanks!    Comme...