Anti-Common Core Signs Removed
From Times Free Press:A Cleveland, Tenn., businessman says city officials crossed a line when they tore down protest signs he posted outside his business Thursday during a visit by Gov. Bill Haslam. "There needs to be a public apology," said Dan Rawls, owner of Cleveland Performance Center, for what he says is trespass and violation of his right to free speech. "I think they need to take a course
Is NYSED Commissioner John King Setting Up For State Takeover Of Buffalo?
Yesterday we learned that NYSED Commissioner John King is threatening to revoke the registrations of two turnaround schools in Buffalo, Lafayette and East high schools, unless the district accedes to his demands and sends students at those two BPS schools to a BOCES outside of Buffalo for vocational classes on the BPS dime.
Both of those high schools had been partnering with Johns Hopkins University "to prepare the schools for a full implementation of the university’s turnaround model" and Charles Hiteshew, head of Johns Hopkins’ educational “talent development” program for middle and high schools, told the Buffalo News that “Those schools have been tremendous partners to work with."
Hiteshew went on to say that he saw no problems at either the school or district levels that "would suggest that the university
Both of those high schools had been partnering with Johns Hopkins University "to prepare the schools for a full implementation of the university’s turnaround model" and Charles Hiteshew, head of Johns Hopkins’ educational “talent development” program for middle and high schools, told the Buffalo News that “Those schools have been tremendous partners to work with."
Hiteshew went on to say that he saw no problems at either the school or district levels that "would suggest that the university
