Published by Coopmike48 – 8 news spotters today
- Next update in about 10 hours
- See all articles
Jonny Cohen and Green Shields
makeitbetter.net - return to Make A Difference > Local Treasures Apr 2010 | By Susan B. Noyes | TAGS: May 2010 magazine, Jonny Cohen, Green Shields, Susan B Noyes Jonny Cohen was taking everything in the house ap...
Gary Rubenstein Demonstrates That the NYC ‘Value Added’ Measurements are Insane « GFBrandenburg's Blog
gfbrandenburg.wordpress.com - Gary Rubenstein has two excellent posts where he analyzes what happened with the New York Public School System’s value-added measurements for teachers, which were just released. He discovered sever...
After Release of Ratings, a Focus on ‘Top’ Teachers
nytimes.com - One was a scion of the family behind the celebrated Italian bakery, Arthur Avenue Bread, and has since been promoted to assistant principal. Another, a San Francisco transplant, was in ...
Kaya Henderson: National standards needed to guide educators in detection, investigation of cheating - D.C. Schools Insider
washingtonpost.com - Chancellor Kaya Henderson has made a practice of avoiding the national spotlight, but Tuesday morning, at an U.S. Education Department symposium on cheating, she stepped up. Henderson called for a ...
Bloomberg on public teacher evaluations: Parents have the right to know, and anyway you asked for it
capitalnewyork.com - Asked today about a proposal by New York State Board of Regents chancellor Merryl Tisch to change state law to prevent the public release of teacher evaluations in the future, Mayor Michael Bloombe...
Live Twitter stream on
@coopmike48/big-edu-ape-news-11
coopmike48 Tunisia's Om Zied Stays Sharp as Power Shifts | Womens eNews -goo.gl/jNPkG3 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
coopmike48 Top Content this Week - The Educator's PLN - goo.gl/u37bx3 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
coopmike48 Read Damn Good Education Daily on paper.li/coopmike48/bir…#SOSMARCH10 seconds ago · reply · retweet · favorite
coopmike48 Teamster Nation: Today's Teamster News 02.29.12 - goo.gl/QOq2p9 minutes ago · reply · retweet · favorite
EducationSee all
NY principal: Teacher scores inaccurate at my school - The Answer Sheet
washingtonpost.com - The information below comes from Elizabeth Phillips, principal of P.S. 321 in Park Slope, N.Y., about how badly the newly released rankings of New York City public school teachers reflect the reali...
The UFT Needs To Stop Negotiating With The City & The DOE On Any "Teacher Evaluation System" Until Mayor Bloomberg Is Out Of Office.
chaz11.blogspot.com - Amid the public fiasco of the publishing of the inaccurate and error-filled teacher TDRs and the admission by the New York State Education Department (SED) that present state law will allow teacher...
Charter school boss Eva Moskowitz’s husband's group seeks to open charters in same neighborhood she’s eying
nydailynews.com - Bryan Pace for New York Daily News The front entrance of Junior High School 50 on South 3rd St. in Williamsburg, the proposed new site of a Success Charter Network school. Group affiliated with Suc...
SocietySee all
Release to press of teacher data has become a rallying cry
michaelklonsky.blogspot.com - Public debasing of teachers in N.Y. N.Y. Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Cuomo may have won the legal battle to base teacher evaluations on student test scores and publish them in the press. But they may ...
Teachers Are Fair Game, But Cops' Records Are Off Limits - City Limits Magazine
citylimits.org - Late last year five New York media organization filed a Freedom of Information request with the city's Department of Education demanding internal teacher evaluation records. The DOE was set to comp...
In the News: Closings could become federal case | catalyst
catalyst-chicago.org - Rainbow/PUSH Coalition officials said Friday they hope to convince the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate resource inequities within Chicago Public Schools, including a policy that “starves’...
PoliticsSee all
Poll Shows Scott Walker In Trouble Against Dems In Recall
2012.talkingpointsmemo.com - Eric Kleefeld February 28, 2012, 12:50 PM Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) could be in a serious fight in the upcoming recall election, according to the new survey from Public Policy Polling (D), with Walk...
Remainders: Retelling the story of the city’s “worst teacher”
gothamschools.org - by Philissa Cramer, at 8:09 pm The teacher pilloried as the “worst in the city” got a standing ovation from her colleagues. (Edwize) A former city teacher who works at a controversial Chicago chart...
Olympia Snowe Will Not Seek Re-Election in Maine
news.firedoglake.com - In a highly unexpected announcement, Olympia Snowe, the Senator from Maine, will not seek re-election, putting another seat on the table for the Democrats in the Senate and possibly shifting what w...
StoriesSee all
Dawn Reader: "A Good Coach Is One Who Puts My Kid at Shortstop--and Lets Him Hit Leadoff": Thoughts on teacher quality
dawnreader.blogspot.com - From Mr. Peepers, a 50s TV show about a teacherMuch controversy these days in New York about ratings of public school teachers. Today's New York Times ran a story about the results--and included t...
Obama inspires, on message in speech to auto workers.
democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - I loved this speech Obama gave to about 1,600 current and retired autoworkers. If I don’t get the video interview soon, at least this transcript will get his message out: "If we had turned our ba...
School Tech Connect: Be Thankful For Your Pension
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - School Tech Connect: Be Thankful For Your Pension:Be Thankful For Your Pensionby noreply@blogger.com (Tim)A colleague tossed an email over the transom tonight. My colleagues was doing the virtual l...
BusinessSee all
The Hyatt’s Penny Pritzker has seven bathrooms, appeals her taxes and screws her employees. « Fred Klonsky
preaprez.wordpress.com - Penny Pritzker has seven bathrooms. H/T: Matt Farmer For well over two years the employees of the Hyatt Hotels in Chicago and elsewhere have been in dispute over a contract. Hyatt is owned by the P...
Illinois' Budget Deficit: Raising More Revenue Is the Right Solution for Needed Services and Pension Stabilization
teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - Can Illinois solve its budget problems without creating new revenue? The answer is no. If expenditures must at least equal revenues, then what needs to be done is to enhance the state’s sources ...
Flush with cash, Apple unveils plan to shift 700,000 jobs to United States
obrag.org - CUPERTINO, CALIF. — Giving new meaning to corporate social responsibility, Apple Inc. announced it is “bringing home” more than 700,000 manufacturing jobs currently held by workers in foreign count...
LeisureSee all
To The Point - KCRW
kcrw.com - To the Point can be heard on the following stations: ARKANSAS: El Dorado KBSA 90.9 M-F 3:00-4:00PM CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles Mojave/Antelop Valley Palm Springs/Indio Oxnard/Ventura San Diego Sant...
5 DIY Nontoxic Baby Care Products « MomsRising Blog
momsrising.org - Photo credit: Photo by Flickr user Will Nickelson Great news: Nontoxic baby care products don’t have to be expensive! Organic, nontoxic, or even fragrance free items for our little ones can veer to...
The Hyatt’s Penny Pritzker has seven bathrooms, appeals her taxes and screws her employees. « Fred Klonsky
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - The Hyatt’s Penny Pritzker has seven bathrooms, appeals her taxes and screws her employees. « Fred Klonsky:The Hyatt’s Penny Pritzker has seven bathrooms, appeals her taxes and screws her employees...
#twillSee all
Illinois' Budget Deficit: Raising More Revenue Is the Right Solution for Needed Services and Pension Stabilization
teacherpoetmusicianglenbrown.blogspot.com - Can Illinois solve its budget problems without creating new revenue? The answer is no. If expenditures must at least equal revenues, then what needs to be done is to enhance the state’s sources ...
#corpreformSee all
Politics Northwest | State Democratic Party chairman enters ed reform debate
seattletimes.nwsource.com - State Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz has decided to dive into his party's family feud over education reform, questioning the wisdom of moving forward with anything."Too many of today's 'refo...
