Cuomo Says Common Core Standards Are A "National Curriculum"
You know, in the all the fun yesterday with Cuomo saying he was open to legislative fixes on Common Core but he was powerless to do anything about that because he's just, you know, a little ol' governor, I managed to miss this important part of the story:Cuomo calls Common Core a "national curriculum" http://t.co/9qutpQbvmf (Somebody didn't get the memo!)— Lisa Fleisher (@lisafleisher) N
Jeb Bush Is Sad About De Blasio's Plan To End School Report Cards...
...As are some fellow rich people on the Upper East Side:Jeb Bush doesn't think much of Bill de Blasio's plan to end the city's letter-grade system for evaluating schools.“We were the first state to grade schools ‘A’ through ‘F,’" said Bush, the former Florida governor, who made education reforms a key part of his tenure, in an appearance at the 92nd Street Y on Monday night."New York Ci
Obama Unveils Yet Another Unproven Education Reform
Hey, P-TECH's been around for a whole two years and things are going swimmingly! Let's scale it up:President Barack Obama on Tuesday will unveil a new $100 million competitive grant program called Youth CareerConnect, that will target preparing high school students for high-tech careers.The program will deliver 25 to 40 competitive grants of between $2 million and $7 million to teams of secondary
NYSED Commissioner King Tries To Deceive The Public Over State Tests
From Albany Watch at LoHud:In a lengthy statement today, state Education Commissioner John King refuted claims that the controversial Common Core testing is hurting students and teachers.He pointed to results last week from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which showed New York on par with the national average. The report showed that less than half of the state’s fourth- and eighth
Regents Blame Local Districts For Too Much Testing
The state evaluation system requires that teachers be held accountable for their students' test scores.40% of the evaluation is based on test scores - 20% from state tests, 20% from "local measures."In order for teachers to be evaluated on the local measures, students in every grade in every subject must be tested at the beginning of the year to get a "baseline" of knowledge so
Regents Cut Time To Take State Tests, But Not Length Of Tests
If Merryl Tisch, John King and Andrew Cuomo think this sort of thing is going to head off mor protests against their education reform agenda, they're delusional: The state Board of Regents, with testing policies drawing increasing public outcry, is shortening the time that students will have to take next spring's standardized tests but not the tests themselves. Some local educators dismissed the a
Cuomo Cannot Run From His Own Education Reform Agenda
@leoniehaimson @NYGovCuomo running scared now trying 2 distance himself from reform agenda. Too late Andy, you own this! #studentlobbyist— Sashammy (@Sashammy) November 18, 2013Nice try making believe you have no power or influence over education policy, Sheriff Andy, but we all remember your State of the State addresses from 2012 (you student lobbyist you!) and 2013 where you bragged about how m
11-18-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: The Reformers Play The Race Here In New York StateOn the heels of Arne Duncan saying Common Core opponents are simply white suburban mothers who have found out their children are not "as brilliant as they thought" comes this doozy in the NY Times:Some of Dr. King’s supporters blame teachers’ unions for whipping up some of the emotion. Timothy Daly, the president of