NYSED Commissioner King Makes First Common Core Meeting By "Invitation-Only"
From WNYT: Town hall education forums, canceled due to disruptions, will be rescheduled. After the first in a series of public meetings scheduled to discuss the controversial common core curriculum became unruly in Poughkeepsie last week, Education Commissioner John King called off the remaining forums in the state. According to the state Education Department, new events will be scheduled around t
Quinnipiac Poll: 53% Say Do Not Add More Charter Schools
Buried in the crosstabs of the Quinnipiac poll on the mayoral race released tonight is this question:As you may know, charter schools are operated by private or non-profit organizations.The schools are paid for with public funds and do not charge tuition. Do you think the next Mayor should increase the number of charter schools, decrease the number of charter schools, or keep the number of charter
Bloomberg, Media Hypocrisy Over Charter Schools
Charter schools do not have to use the state's teacher evaluation system to evaluate teachers.Most charter schools in the city have chosen not to use it.Considering how badly designed and harmful it is, that's a good idea on their part.The UFT runs a charter school that opted not to use the evaluation system.Mayor Bloomberg and the Post hammered the UFT charter school for opting out of the evaluat
Siena Poll: Public Does Not Approve Of Cuomo's Handling Of Public Education
Latest Siena poll released this morning finds 29% of New Yorkers think Andrew Cuomo is doing an excellent or good job handling public education issues while 66% think he is doing a fair or poor job handing those issues.You can see the crosstabs from that poll here.Regionally the break down goes like this:NYC - 60% think he is doing a fair/poor job on education.Suburbs - 66% think he is doing a fai
Parents Will NOT Be Fooled By John King's And Merryl Tisch's Common Core Propaganda Extravaganza
A commenter at the Journal News on the newly announced Common Core parent forums:A show of hands ... who expects these new, controlled and smaller venues to actually open more communication lines with parents?C'mon, Commissioner King ... not a soul is fooled. You want to control the dialogue ... something you tried a week or so ago ... with wretched results. Not a soul wants to see you squirm or s
10-20-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Why Won't NYSED Commissioner John King Hold A Common Core Meeting In NYC?.@jessicabakeman pl ask Tisch or King why no forums out of 16 to take place in NYC where 1/3 of all students reside— leonie haimson (@leoniehaimson) October 19, 2013Surely Bloomberg and Walcott can provide the same NYPD cops they have at the PEP rubber stamp meetings to make sure NYSED Commissioner John