MORE Video: The Time is NOW to Say NO to the High Stakes Testing Madness
Now playing at MORE: 11/7 Day of ActionOk. So I'm a day late and a dollar short (what the hell does that mean?). The talented Dan Lupkin, one of MORE media's newer recruits, made this video for the Nov. 7 national day of action protesting testing madness, an idea that came out of MORE's participation in a national consortium of teacher unions that met in Chicago this past summer. (I have video tuc
Naep Results Add To Evidence Of “No Child Left Behind” Failure
A federal report released today shows that NAEP score improvement slowed or stopped in both reading and math after NCLB was implemented. Add Race To The Top failure too.http://www.fairtest.org/fairtest-news-release-2013-naep-results-added-evid FairTest News Release on 2013 NAEP Results, Added Evidence of NCLB FailureSubmitted by fairtest on November 7, 2013 - 1:49pm for further information:
Uft'S Charter School Scores Fall Under Common Core
Lots of meat in this piece. I wonder if there are figures on pushouts and teacher turnover. Just askin'. Isn't Evelyn DeJesus a district or borough rep? Gee, I wish she didn't have to take time away from dealing with member eval issues to deal with the charter school stuff. See Gotham: http://gothamschools.org/2013/02/28/in-a-twist-uft-gets-attacked-over-its-charter-school-co-location/BY ELIZA SHA
11-7-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Vido: Funeral for 168 Schools Chosed Under Bloomberghttp://youtu.be/USnAoe3vgEUby ed notes online / 7h Will de Blasio Make Randi's Folly - er - the UFT Charter - Pay The Damn Rent?Eva Moskowitz is viewed as a big loser in the election and the UFT even though they jumped on the bandwagon late is viewed as a winner. But what of the charters occupying public school space - given to t