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Thursday, November 11, 2010

This Week In Education: Thompson: An Education Plan for a Novice NYC Chancellor

This Week In Education: Thompson: An Education Plan for a Novice NYC Chancellor

Thompson: An Education Plan for a Novice NYC Chancellor

NoviceIn the Huffington Post, John Merrow asked for a plan to help Catherine Black, a 66 year old public education novice, to "transform the city's schools into 21st Century institutions, places where students learn to ask questions, not simply regurgitate answers." Step #1 is to keep hiring non-educators as chancellor. Then, after non-stop test prep fails, New York City's leader can continue to proclaim in good conscience that transformational