NYSED Commissioner King Booed At Common Core Meeting In Mineola
Commissioner King continues to preach the Gospel of the Common Core but the people are having none of it: State Education Commissioner John B. King Jr. was greeted by a crowd of parents and demonstrators with signs that read "Down with King" and "It's freezing and we are here -- Just wait until Election Day" as he arrived Wednesday for an education forum at Mineola High School.
Looks Like Cuomo Is Paying Attention To The Parent Uprising
@BadassTeachersA @NYStateBATs @lacetothetop Got a pollster call about Cuomo,APPR,Charters,tonight.This Dem'll NEVER vote 4 @NYGovCuomo again— Gail Richmond (@gailDrich) November 13, 2013Leonie Haimson asks: .@gailDrich @BadassTeachersA @NYStateBATs @lacetothetop @NYGovCuomo Who was poll for? Hope Cuomo b/c means he's paying attention— leonie haimson (@leoniehaimson) November 13, 2013Leonie asks if
NYC Educator Puts It All In Perspective
Great post this afternoon from NYC Educator - an important post. Read it all, but savor this part:But whatever they do, I will do everything in my power to get the truth out, and to make sure children and teachers who come after us don't have to suffer through such nonsense. King and Tisch can sit and pretend to listen today, tomorrow, or a hundred times more.But those of us who care about educati
Wonder What Tisch And King Will Do To Prepare For Tonight's Common Core Forum In Mineola?
After last night's Common Core forum in East Setauket turned ugly for Commissioner King and Chancellor Tisch, a commeter at Perdido Street School has an idea how they might be preparingfor tonight's Common Core forum in Mineola:Believe me...shes been on a conferance call today with "the best and brightest" to shape her rhetoric for the next time shes forced to slum with the folkdom...The
The New York State PTA Turns On Commissioner King
The NY State PTA takes a lot of money from the Gates Foundation, so it's generally a reform-friendly group.After Commissioner King got booed at a forum they sponsored in Poughkeepsie on the Common Core last month, they backed King when he announced he was canceling future forums because of the criticism.But yesterday, they launched an attack on the state's Common Core implementation that is really
Merryl Tisch Should Shut Up And Listen
Merryl Tisch at last night's Common Core forum at Ward Melville High School in East Setauket, where she and her NYSED Commissioner King were repeatedly booed by 1,500 people as they tried to preach the Gospel of the Common Core to the masses:Tisch observed that "rhetoric is very high," and said, "I would urge everyone on both sides to take a breath and listen."A commenter on th
1,500 Boo NYSED Commissioner King, Regents Chancellor Tisch At Common Core Forum In East Setauket
Last night's forum at Ward Melville High School in East Setauket did not go well for the King.The Newsday story is behind a pay wall, so I am putting the whole story up:An emotional crowd of about 1,500 parents and educators packed Ward Melville High School's auditorium and cafeteria last night for a forum with state Education Commissioner John B. King Jr., cheering speakers who assailed state tes
Good News From Tish James
Good to hear her get very specific about education and where she would like to see the de Blasio administration go:Over the course of the campaign, de Blasio made some of his own educational priorities clear: universal pre-K, a plan to charge well-financed charter school networks to operate in public space, a moratorium on school closures, and the elimination of the school letter-grade system. Mor
Occupy Activists Buy $15 Million In Debt For $400,000 As Part Of Rolling Jubilee Movement
This is doing God's work:A group of Occupy Wall Street activists has bought almost $15m of Americans' personal debt over the last year as part of the Rolling Jubilee project to help people pay off their outstanding credit. Rolling Jubilee, set up by Occupy's Strike Debt group following the street protests that swept the world in 2011, launched on 15 November 2012. The group purchases personal debt
11-12-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Today's Protest Against Tisch And King At Ward Melville High SchoolMark Naison writes:Woke up this morning in a GREAT MOOD, ready to join THOUSANDS of Long Island parents, teachers and students at 5:45 protesting another closed forum sponsored by NY Ed Commissioner John King at Ward Melville HS in East Setauket. Since Commissioner King seems constitutionally incapable of act