Regent Cofield Conundrum
In Rochester, NY on Wednesday the 18th, the Parent and Community Coalition for Educational Change, which the Community Education Task Force is a part of, organized a forum atSchool Without Walls featuring New York State Board of Regents Vice Chancellor Milton Cofield. Coalition for Justice in Education, a partnering organization in the Parent and Community Coalition for Educational Change, was central in organizing for this event.
Regent Milton Cofield
We collaboratively publicized and attracted community attention to the event. By Wednesday night, there was close to sixty people present at School Without Walls, including parents, teachers, students, education scholars, retired administrators and concerned community members. Many in the audience intended to raise crucial issues and questions about the New York State Board of Regents’ policy agenda. The Regents recently appointed a new Education Commissioner, John King with no parental input and approved an unsound new teacher evaluation system intended to pressure 40% of teachers evaluations being based on