John King: Learning Should Not Be Fun
.@SoniaBasko learning is fun for only Montessori students, the rest can eat Common Core cake. #roc forum— Chris Cerrone (@Stoptesting15) November 7, 2013With the Common Core and NYSED modules, I'd say John King's mission has been accomplished.
Bloomberg Plans To Spend His Post-City Hall Days On Propaganda Touting Himself
I've long said that we will never get a fair and accurate portrait of the Bloomberg Years - especially around the corruption and data manipulation in the various agencies, the DOE, the NYPD and FDNY, etc - because Bloomberg plans a huge post-City Hall propaganda offensive to tout himself as the bestest mayor ever and he owns so many media outlets (with the threat of buying even more) that there ar
Michael Mulgrew And Leo Casey Just Like The Fonz
.@PSulliv yup, wonder if @LeoECasey will apologize to @carolburris now & admit she was right— leonie haimson (@leoniehaimson) November 7, 2013Mikey and Leo now criticizing the teacher evaluation system they helped develop and defend against criticism from Carol Burris and Diane Ravitch.Mikey and Leo are criticizing the system for some of the very reasons Burris and Ravitch criticized it in the
Another Bloomberg Education Failure
From NY1:It's half school, half extracurricular, all hands on. For two years, the city's Summer Quest program has provided extra learning for thousands of struggling students in the South Bronx, nine hours a day, five days a week for five weeks.For the students, the goal is to prevent summer learning loss, a big problem for low-income kids. For the program, the goal is to prove that it works and t
A Strategy For The First Year Of De Blasio's Term As Mayor
Lorenzo St DuBois in a comment here at Perdido Street School:In 2008 I could not believe what I was hearing out of a presidential candidate: thoughtful, intelligent, scornful of soundbites, refreshing rhetorical breaks from tepid democratic compromises. Talking about a more nuanced foreign policy, bringing back constitutional checks, bringing back regulation and a focus on the middle class, skepti
11-6-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: How De Blasio And His Team Ran A Very, Very Savvy CampaignGood summary in the Daily News on how de Blasio and his team crafted a message of change, stuck with that message, and rode it all the way to Gracie Mansion, with the help of his some affecting ads using his family and the ineptitude of his opponents.Nothing surprising in the article, but it does show how deft a campa