Commissioner John King Claims "Special Interests" Planned "Chaos" At Town Hall Meetings
Commissioner John King surfaced at a school in Troy, New York today where Capital NY caught up with him to ask about his cancellation of the PTA-sponsored twn hall meetings with parents on Common Core.Here is what King said:King also elaborated on his decision Monday to cancel four town-hall meetings with parents about the Common Core changes, after he encountered a rowdy crowd in Poughkeepsie las
Twitter Is Another Way To Let NYSED Commissioner John King Know What You Think
@JohnKingNYSED @TheRevAl @UFT @shankerinst If anyone asks a tough question, will you cancel all future panels?— Arthur Goldstein (@TeacherArthurG) October 13, 2013
The Bully Gets His Feelings Hurt
Michael Fiorillo in this comment thread:Apparently, closing public schools and replacing them with private charters is civil behavior.Apparently, attacking teachers and blaming them for the ills of society is civil behavior.Apparently, monetizing student data is civil behavior.Apparently, doing all of this at the behest of a small coterie of billionaires, without any public input, is civil behavio
Politicians Start To Question John King's Act
The gist from the Times Union article - politicians are starting to openly question John King's reforms and his handling of parent concerns:With so many failing, Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, D-Albany, a former Albany school board president, said she worries about the "self-esteem of kids." Her two teens attend Albany High School, which scored poorly, she said, and Fahy called King's deci
This Journal News Editorial Says The Common Core Forums With Commissioner King Should Go On
Form the Journal News:There’s no question that a “town hall” meeting on newly enacted Common Core curriculum, hosted by the New York State PTA, became heated Thursday night in Poughkeepsie. The new education standards were attacked, and New York State Education Commissioner John King — sometimes standing to respond to speakers — was widely criticized. The public comment period was cut short. Many
How Do You Let John King And SED Officials Know They're Wrong Without Showing Anger And Disrespect?
Peter DeWitt has a blog post up this morning at Education Week on the John King/Poughkeepsie fiasco.DeWitt, who has been on the other end of SED anger himself (he got a pushback from an SED flack when he wrote a blog post pointing out that NYSED Commissioner John King sends his kids to a Montessori school where they are safe from the SED education reform agenda), says that it is a shame that the c
Michael Powell Calls Cuomo Out For Hypocrisy In Times Column
Sheriff Andy said he would clean up Albany with his trusty Moreland Commission no matter where the evidence in the investigations went.Michael Powell notes there are some asterisks to that Cuomo declaration:The commission will never back down.* (*Except when the governor’s aides suggest that subpoenaing the Real Estate Board of New York, which helped lobby for multimillion-dollar special tax abate
10-14-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: NYSED Commissioner King's Charter School Chain Does Not Have To Use APPR Teacher Evaluation SystemJust outrageous:State Education Commissioner John King is overhauling the state’s method of evaluating teachers, but the charter schools he used to run aren’t participating. The high-performing Uncommon Schools — which include 20 schools in Brooklyn — have opted out of receiving