Chris Cerf returns to the education private sector — but in Brazil
Since helping Mayor Michael Bloomberg win his third term last fall, former deputy schools chancellor Chris Cerf has almost completely disappeared from the New York City education landscape.
Perhaps he wanted warmer weather — Cerf is now the head of the new American arm of a Brazilian science curriculum company.
The company, Sangari Brasil, currently sells an elementary and middle school science program to school districts in Brazil and Argentina. It’s part of a larger international group that promotes science education, andrecently donated $1 million to help the National Science Teacher Association build a science education center in Northern Virginia.
Remainders: Will national standards mean national tests?
- Students at Brooklyn’s P.S. 24 embraced the message of the city’s “Respect for All” week.
- Seeing the letters A or F just before taking a test can influence how students perform, a study says.
- A first-year science teacher learns that complaints of “I’m bored” usually signal something deeper.
- A lawyer-blogger questions Arne Duncan’s new focus on fighting racism in public schools.
- Jay Mathews argues that national standards will eventually mean national standardized tests.
- Rick Hess posts the guidelines RttT finalists were given for next week’s presentations in D.C…
- …While the Aspen Institute is helping coach some finalists through dry runs of their pitches.
- James Merriman argues competition from charters leads district schools to connect with parents.
- While Teachable Moment thinks we’re taking the wrong lesson from charter-district school competition.
- And GothamSchools won a National Award for Education Reporting from the EWA today.