Monday, July 11, 2011

As teachers are excessed, the bureaucracy continues to grow....

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As news spreads of large numbers of teachers are being “excessed” throughout the system because of the budget cuts, DOE is still hiring...
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Sunday, July 10, 2011

“My special child, pushed out of Kindergarten at a NYC charter school"

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Here is the story of Karen Sprowal and her son Matthew, that Mike Winerip of the NY Times writes about here . While charter schools have ad...
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More testing madness: DOE bidding out 408 new standardized exams for our kids

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I recently examined the contracts being bid out by DOE for new “local assessments” that they intend to use to evaluate teacher performance. ...
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Chris Whittle's latest private school scheme, and why Joel Klein deserves a cut of the action

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There's a long article in today's NY Times about Chris Whittle’s latest scam; starting a for-profit private school called Avenues in...
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Friday, July 8, 2011

2011 Survey results: Teachers are dissatisfied with the chancellor, and parents want smaller classes more than ever!!

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The 2011 DOE learning environment surveys are out; here is where you can find the results for your child's school ; here is the citywide...
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Thursday, July 7, 2011

letter from AM Glick to Chancellor Walcott re school overcrowding

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Why couldn't she run the DOE?  We can always dream.... Dear Chancellor Walcott, The Department of Education has indicated in numerous m...

My "Klout" and how it went up even more, yesterday; how should I use it?

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To my shock and surprise, as of late June, I was 11 th on the  list of most influential education policy tweeters in the country, ahead o...
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