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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

7-9-13 Ed Notes Online

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DOENUTS IS BACK With a New Blogger
Welcome back DOENUTS even though the originator has retired -- from blogging, not teaching. I know his replacement, a passionate educator and activist who has gone through the struggle to try to keep his school open.Backdoor School Closings, or What’s in a Name?            School Closure is a concept that on the surface creates a lot of backlash.  When then PEP does their big “vote” every spring,
MORE Summer Series Begins Thursday, 4PM: High Stakes Testing and the Schools Our Children Deserve
Serious discussion while enjoying a happy hour. Check out what people are saying around 7PM. Jia Lee is organizing this with other parents from Change the Stakes, so this should be fun.   We're kicking off the summer series July 11 by taking a look at the effects of high stakes testing in our schools. Parents from Change the Stakes will be joining us to discuss why a growing parent movement agains
Arthur Goldstein Featured in Queens Chronicle on multi-million dollar Regents fiasco
They don’t make anything better — they make things needlessly complicated and funnel money into corporations.They help nobody except Bloomberg’s friends. I have not seen substantive improvement in education under Bloomberg and his band of people — none of whom are educators or teachers. I’m a teacher — I really know what goes on. They never say they’re sorry. They never take responsibility. They c