Thursday, February 16, 2012

My take on the teacher evaluation deal announced today in Albany: disappointing & with uncertain results

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From what I can tell, the part of the deal that was struck between the city and the UFT seems to be a good one: an external arbiter for the ...
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Panel discussion Saturday: Parents As Educators & Putting the Public Back into Public Education

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I will be speaking on a panel Saturday morning, sponsored by Assemblymember Keith Wright and organized by the Urban League, as part of the B...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Noah Gotbaum of CEC 3 and Lisa Fleisher of the WSJ on the unreliable teacher data reports

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From this morning's Good Day New York.  Teachers' Ratings To Go Public: MyFoxNY.com
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Why the release of the Teacher data reports and adoption of a new statewide evaluation system will be bad for teachers and bad for kids

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UPDATE: please sign our petition , also to the right , urging the newspapers not to publish this unreliable data.   The UFT has lost its l...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

The state's proposed NCLB waiver responds to none of our concerns

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A summary of the public comment and the response by NYSED for the state's NCLB waiver application is now posted online ; presumably the...
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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Dmytro Fedkowskyj on why he voted "No" on the 23 school closings

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Here is the statement made by Dmytro Fedkowskyj,  Queens representative on the Panel for Educational Policy, before voting against the 23 s...
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The Joke’s on Us

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February 11, 2012 (GBN News): In a stunning development, GBN News has learned that Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s signature “Race to the...
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Friday, February 10, 2012

TV reports of Thursday night massacre: protests vs. the closing of 23 schools

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None of the newspaper articles capture the full rage and bitterness expressed last night by thousands of parents, students and teachers at l...
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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Thursday night massacre

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Panel for Education Policy votes to close all 23 schools despite thousands of protesters. photo: Ben Chapman, Daily News
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Mayor's poor showing in Quinnipiac poll, and vote in our poll now!

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1.       A new Quinnipiac poll came out yesterday, showing that only 26% of New Yorkers approve of the way Bloomberg is handling our school...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Lawsuit filed today vs. Cobble Hill Success Academy charter school

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Another lawsuit was filed today by parents against Eva Moskowitz' expanding empire of Success Academy charter schools, this time in Cobb...
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Comments on the school closures and co-locations to be voted on tomorrow

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Check out my official comments to the DOE below on the proposed school closures, co-locations and grade expansions to be voted on tomorrow a...
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Monday, February 6, 2012

NO more school closings: IT'S TIME TO OCCUPY THE PEP!

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IT'S TIME TO OCCUPY THE PEP  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9TH, 5:30PM Brooklyn Technical High School, 29 Fort Greene Pl (between Fulton and Dek...
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