Do you think the accountability hacks get sexual gratification from pummeling teachers?
Seriously. There has to be some kind of fetish with this stuff, some kind of sexual fantasy. This from The Answer Sheet. Do you have any idea how humiliating this poor woman does any good whatsoever? This kind of public display of humiliation of an educated person does absolutely no good, I’m serious. I think that’s […]
Twas the Night Before Scores
Twas the night before scores And all across the state Teachers waited to hear their fate The scores will be lower Was predicted long ago Now we all wait to see just how low NYSUT says the scores are a baseline For informing instruction When in reality The scores mean destruction For teachers and students […]
Duncan: Heading off disaster?
Two back to back items from New York City based media appeared in my twitter feed today from a press call with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Duncan was talking about the new Common Core state assessment scores in New York which will be released to the general public tomorrow. School administrators already have the […]
Mental Health and American Children Who Are in Chronic Poverty
Cynthia Lamy’s American Children in Chronic Poverty is a must-read for all service providers, as well as educators. A first post reviewed synthesis of an amazing body of social science research in a way that informs comprehensive planning for all sorts of anti-poverty efforts. This post will focus on her findings that are most important […]
8-5-13 Schools Matter @ The Chalk Face
SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE: Educating American Children Who Are in Chronic PovertySince America failed to win the War on Poverty, we have become used to a series of reports that promising programs have only achieved modest results. Whether we are discussing Head Start, housing vouchers, reduced class size, or increased spending for education or social services, it has become easy to over-sim