There's some talk around that Chris Christie could be elected president.I'm going to go on record right now and say he will not be elected president.Having watched him here in NJ, I can tell you that he cannot stand up to media scrutiny in a national election.Tonight TIME reports that the Romney campaign pretty much decided the same thing in 2012:In an excerpt from their new book Double Down: Game
Why Common Core Will Fail
The Atlantic looks at so-called text complexity:Here’s a pop quiz: according to the measurements used in the new Common Core Standards, which of these books would be complex enough for a ninth grader? a. Huckleberry Finnb. To Kill a Mockingbirdc. Jane Eyred. Sports Illustrated for Kids' Awesome Athletes!The only correct answer is “d,” since all the others have a “Lexile” score so low that they are
Does It Feel Like March To You?
It's November 1.I'm exhausted.I have three Regents prep classes - one is remedial class with students who have failed the Regents exam three times.I have two senior classes.I'm helping out with college admissions twice a week.And I just started writing college recommendations.I taught this senior class when they were freshmen, so I know them for four years.I am going to be writing a lot of recomm
10-31-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: NYSED: Teacher Evaluations Not ConfusingNope - they're complex!SCHOOLBOOK: Why are we hearing complaints about children in kindergarten through second grade being given extra assessments that are taking time away from class? SCHWARTZ: That would depend upon the strategy that was locally collectively bargained. There may be some districts in which they decided that they were
