Leonie Haimson Slices and Dices NY Times Editorial on Bloomberg Era
Leonie Haimson, who is undoubtedly New York City’s most outspoken and energetic education activist, wrote a terrific critique of the New York Times’ editorial defending the Bloomberg era of education misrule. The editorial, as she correctly notes, is a defense of the tired and failed status quo of the past dozen years. It reads as if it had been written by “the City Hall PR machine.” Haimson point
Teacher: A Ground Up View of Bloomberg “Reforms”
This letter froma teacher was written in response to the post by Marc Epstein on Big Lie Journalism in NYC: “I began teaching nine years ago,after careers in law and business. There is a profound irony in analyzing the consequences of the so-called Bloomberg business model. While I’ve only taught during the Bloomberg tenure, I’ve seen pervasive mismanagement in my school ( and have heard similar
The NY Times on Bloomberg Era
The Néw York Times editorial board gave its opinion of what the next mayor must do about education and its opinion is woefully uninformed by contact with the real world of students, teachers, principals, and parents. Bear in mind that only 22% of NYC voters want more of the Bloomberg school reform style. The Times thinks he might have listened a bit more to parents, although it was a central ten
Scenes I’d Like to See: Pundits Teaching
A reader, Karl Gabbey, has a proposal: “MAD Magazine once had a page in each edition entitled, “Scenes We’d Like To See,” that depicted a bit of “Schadenfreude” about people who deserved it. It might be fun to see loudmouthed politicians and assorted corporate types who consider themselves “educational experts” teach for an extended period of time. I have a suggestion: They ought to teach high sch
LISTEN TO DIANE RAVITCH 7-7-13 Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all
Diane Ravitch's blog | A site to discuss better education for all: David Foster Wallace in 2005: “This Is Water”David Foster Wallace gave the commencement speech at Kenyon College in 2005. In this speech, called “This Is Water,” Wallace tried to explain to the graduates what really matters most in life. Wallace was a gifted and successful novelist. He contrasted “the default setting” in which most