Today: Back to Portelos Hearing
It is game 2 of the Portelos vs the DOE et al and we expect some retiree MOREs to be there. We agreed not to reveal details until the case is over but we can write generally about the hearing. Transcripts are available which I assume can be published one day. See my reports from the last session.Portelos Hearing: NY Post Reporter Reuven Fenton C...Heading to Portelos Hearing (Sept 12) This Morning
MORE Petition Calling for Moratorium on Evaluations
Reality-Based Educator reminded us to sign the MORE petition. We some great discussions at Saturday's MORE meeting and the work of the organization around this issue has been intense and effective. Keep the ball rolling. Here's the link to sign. Will it do any good? Well, if MORE can show thousands of signatures that will send a message to UFT leaders. It will make them talk a better game while mo
Merryl Tisch: Might As Well Be a Crook
...when she has a problem with her refrigerator she calls the head of G.E.... Merryl H. Tisch, announced a new program: 13 research fellows would be selected to advise the education commissioner and the 17-member board. The fellows would be paid as much as $189,000 each....Since the appointment of the fellows, public educators' trust in the in New York State Education Department has dwindled to no
Are Success and other charters violating the law in closing schools for political reasons?
...we are planning a pro-charter parent march on October 8th. Our schools are being closed for the morning. Teachers, parents, students, and central office staff are being required to join the march ..... Success Academy teacher to Diane RavitchThis is clearly an attempt to put pressure on De Blasio and also in prep for the Oct. PEP meetings.Of course the press will not raise the issue of the bla
9-22-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Thanks to General Diane Ravitch for the Shout Out on Preaching to the ChoirIs Diane Ravitch the George Washington of the educational revolutionary wars? Can we call it World War D (for Deform)? Can we get Max Brooks to write that story?As I would expect Diane Ravitch took the point I was trying to make in my column this week in The Wave about and extended it to a place I myself wa