City argues appeal of closure suit before panel of skeptical judges
City lawyers asked a panel of appellate court judges today to overturn a lower court ruling that halted the Department of Education’s plans to shutter 19 schools.
But in oral arguments, the judges seemed warmer to the arguments of lawyers representing the city teachers union, who sued to stop the school closings.
If the appellate court overturns the initial ruling, the 19 schools could begin phasing out starting in the fall. If not, the city will have to wait to re-launch the school closing process until next year. Either way, the case will likely end up writing a sort of court-approved plan for how the city builds its case to shutter low-performing schools in the future.
The lower court ruling, handed down by Judge Joan Lobis in March, found that the city’s public process to close
Remainders: Bull market for teacher hiring preceded bust
But in oral arguments, the judges seemed warmer to the arguments of lawyers representing the city teachers union, who sued to stop the school closings.
If the appellate court overturns the initial ruling, the 19 schools could begin phasing out starting in the fall. If not, the city will have to wait to re-launch the school closing process until next year. Either way, the case will likely end up writing a sort of court-approved plan for how the city builds its case to shutter low-performing schools in the future.
The lower court ruling, handed down by Judge Joan Lobis in March, found that the city’s public process to close
Remainders: Bull market for teacher hiring preceded bust
- The coming teacher layoffs may be connected to a boom period of teacher hiring.
- Birth of a narrative: UFT activists accuse hedge funders of profiting off charter schools.
- Old narrative: The DOE is looking to hire a business consultant to work on assessment.
- New York’s teacher evaluation system is the first by a state whose test-score portion is below 50%.
- What do New York State tests measure: student learning or student knowledge?
- More than 1,600 groups applied for the U.S. Dept of Ed’s $650 million “i3″ competition.
- That means that roughly 800 groups (at least one NYC app among them) waited till the last minute.
- Somebody should make a GED for college students, says Chad Aldeman.
- NPR goes inside a Dubai college campus that offers a U.S. education — including, soon, NYU.
- The head of the D.C. teachers union didn’t get enough petitions in and might get ousted.
- Gotham Gazette breaks down when all the city budget hearings are, and where.
- A lesson plan on writing courtesy of the New York Times.
- And this math teacher’s talk on teaching at TED is really worth watching.