Regents Grading To Be Done With Pen And Paper In 2013-2014
Best news I've heard in some time, via Gotham Schools:The city canceled a contract with one testing vendor and won’t get charged by another after the companies bungled exam scoring in separate incidents earlier this year, the education department announced today. Officials announced this afternoon that they are canceling a $9.7 million contract after the vendor, CTB/McGraw-Hill, botched a new elec
If Thompson Wants To Stay In Race, Why No Public Events?
Thompson team may not have much money to campaign, but it's no excuse for two days with no public events. He can walk the streets for free.— Michael Barbaro (@mikiebarb) September 13, 2013A good point.Just as in 2009 when Thompson ran a terrible campaign - some days not even holding campaign events - Thompson is back to making questionable decisions regarding the 2013 campaign that might have you
Bloomberg Finds He Can't Endorse Lhota
The newspapers are reporting that Bloomberg said today that he has decided not to endorse a candidate in this year's mayoral election.The reality is, he can't endorse a candidate in this year's mayoral election.Poll after poll shows that people are ready to move on from Bloomberg.While his approval rating is right around 50% and he does not conjure up the same animosity that Giuliani did, he also
Mulgrew Still Loves His ADVANCE APPR Teacher Evaluation System
James Eterno at ICEUFT has a rundown of what UFT President Michael Mulgrew told chapter leaders yesterday in a meeting.I found the part about teacher evaluations most interesting:NEW EVALUATION SYSTEMPresident Mulgrew ceded very little ground when he talked about the state imposed new teacher evaluation system. While members of the Movement of Rank and File Educators were handing out leaflets wit
9-12-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Al Sharpton Urges Bill Thompson Out Of The RaceIt's only a matter of time before Thompson is gone.The Daily News reports that not only have three of the Quinn unions quickly endorsed de Blasio post-primary, but Al Sharpton is also urging Thompson out for the sake of the Democratic Party:A day after the primaries, the mayoral campaign hit the pause button Wednesday for the an