Mike Klonsky Was Right - Duncan DID Have A "Ravitch Group"
Remember back in 2011 when Mike Klonsky posted about rumors that Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had convened a "Ravitch Group" to dig up dirt on Duncan critic Diane Ravitch and feed it to the press to undercut her credibility and damage her public standing?I remember - I even blogged about it at NYCEducator.com in a post called "Arne Duncan's Dirty Tricks" back on August 6, 2011.At the time, D
Does Arne Duncan's Dept. Of Education Have Their Own "Enemies List"?
A former Obama administration p.r. guy at Arne Duncan's Department of Education attacked Diane Ravitch in a blog piece that made it to Huffington Post.It's a piece full of vitriol, ad hominem attacks and unsubstantiated claims against Ravitch, a preemptive strike of education reform propaganda meant to discredit her before her new book on the reform movement is published.I will leave the pushbacks
More Than 1,500 Parents, Students And Teachers Rally Against John King And His Common Core Tests In Port Jefferson
The pushback against the Common Core tests promoted by the NYSED and the Regents started in earnest yesterday in Port Jefferson, where more than 1,500 gathered to let NYSED Commissioner John King and Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch know that children are more than tests scores, that they know the state purposely rigged the tests so that scores would plummet, and that the Common Core standards are
Fran Lebowitz Nails Bloomberg's "Legacy"
She says we are all paying for Bloomberg's height and how badly he was treated on the playground when he was a kid - the bullied boy grew up to be a bully who makes everyone pay for his past slights and humiliations.Here are some more of her remarks on Bloomberg: One of the worst things about Michael Bloomberg being the mayor is that because he was so rich, he didn’t have to appeal to what he kept
Perdido Street School 8-17-13
Perdido Street School: What Happens After Parents Get Their Children's Common Core Test Scores?Two weeks ago, NYSED Commissioner John King And Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch gleefully released the scores on their vaunted new Common Core tests.They had been bragging for months that the scores would plummet and, sure enough, they did.That's what happens when you rig the cut results to show a 30% fa