Bloomberg Semds Hooward Wolfson On NY1 To Attack Bill De Blasio
First former UFTer Randi Weingarten attacked de Blasio today, now Howie Wolfson, one of the slimiest people on the face of the planet (and also a former UFT consultant) attacked de Blasio as well:Just in case it wasn’t already clear from the barbs on his Twitter feed, Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson is not a fan of Bill de Blasio’s vision for the city. During an appearance tonight on NY1, the man who
Randi Weingarten Attacks Bill De Blasio Over Pre-K Plan
Fresh from stealing a microphone from a 9 year old so that she could do what she does best - get the spotlight on herself and talk - Randi Weingarten tried to grab the spotlight again today by attacking Bill De Blasio as an impractical dreamer:Former city Controller Bill Thompson on Monday deployed national teachers' union boss Randi Weingarten to pooh-pooh Bill de Blasio’s plan to fund pre-K wit
Where The Mayor's Race Stands With 14 Days To Go
We should have some public polls released soon. Those will give us a sense of where things stand.But here's where I see things two weeks out:It's still a three candidate race with Quinn looking like she has one runoff slot locked up, de Blasio and Thompson fighting for the other, and Quinn having an uphill battle in the runoff.Quinn hasn't been able to get above the mid-twenties in any poll since
The Measures Of Student Learning Mess Michael Mulgrew Gave Us
As NYC Educator posted this morning, NYC teachers will now have 20% of their evaluation based upon "local" measures of student performance.For many teachers outside of academic subjects, this means they will be evaluated based on scores of students in subjects other than their own.For example, art teachers may be evaluated on the scores of their students' ELA or math Regents exams.Same goes for vo
Research Group Financed By Bloomberg Philanthropies Hails Bloomberg Education Policy
The Daily News has a story out today about research group MDRC releasing a report that shows how Bloomberg's small schools initiative has improved graduation rates of students compared to other schools in the system.The group claims the following on their website:(New York, August 26, 2013) — MDRC, a nonprofit, nonpartisan education and social policy research firm, released new findings today from
8-25-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Common Core Developers - A Private Club You Are Not InThe Atlanta Journal Constitution has a story today about who makes money off the Common Core. The main article is behind a paywall, but AJC.com does have a snippet and I found this part particularly interesting:Achieve Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit group that has been heavily involved in writing the standards,