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New York City has slammed the brakes on a plan to expand a much-heralded Brooklyn elementary school after less than 10% of its first class of third-graders passed state exams last spring....Leo Casey, a former vice president of the United Federation of Teachers who sits on the board of the charter school version: “There’s nothing that I have found in my visits or in my conversations or anything el
Page 6 Insanity: de Blasio Wants Randi for Chancellor? Not
We thought the Post was always ridiculous but this one takes it to bizarroland. Which of these assertions on the Richard (Idiot) Johnson piece are false?1. De Blasio really wants Randi for Chancellor.2. Randi really wants the job.3. Randi "is against charter schools, teacher evaluations and most of the other reforms Mayor Bloomberg enacted. Answer: While we can't vouch for 1 and 2, we can gua
Mercedes Schneider Emails Randi Weingarten
I believe that you really do want to support public school teachers. However, I think that in general, you have lost our confidence and our trust. Just read the comments associated with numerous posts tagged using your name on Diane Ravitch’s blog. The negative sentiment is undeniable. Your choices have provoked this loss of our support... Both letters are below, first mine; then Weingarten’s re
11-3-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Flushing HS Report #3: Letter to Madame Tisch as Grading Saga ContinuesMs. Hansen,While I await response from the NYSED, let me try to illustrate to your office why your interpretation of the High School Academic Policy 2013 concerning grades is ridiculous. The new teacher evaluation system currently in effect uses a scale of 1 - 100. Suppose principals had the option of using onl