Some Of The Same CCSS/Students First Shills Show Up Two Nights Running
It's getting a little nauseating.Miranda Cohen FORMER teacher w/ StudentsFirst says she 150% supports CCSS & testing.She spoke last night 2.— CriticalClassrooms (@lapham_katie) December 12, 2013Leonie notes how even when the speakers are different, they all say the same things phrased in the same ways: Guy next to me sez they're all saying same things where's the critical thinking?— leonie hai
State Senator Polls On Common Core Standards
From Ken Lovett at the Daily News politics blog:State Sen. Kathy Marchione, a Saratoga County Republican, is robocalling to urge her constituents to take an online poll about the controversial state common core standards. "I, too, have real concerns about common core and it's possible impact on our children, teachers and schools," Marchione says in the call, which I just received. Marchi
Contract Negotiations Between UFT and City In State Hearing
Via James Eterno and Jeff Kaufman at ICEUFT, there is a must read Reuters piece about the contract negotiations between the city and the UFT:With just three weeks remaining before his team cedes power to Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, Bloomberg's administration will cite accounting rules at a closed-door state hearing on Wednesday as it tries to shut the door on any retroactive raises being paid out
12-10-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Is Carmen Farina Now The Frontrunner To Be Chancellor?From Capital NY:Carmen Farina, a leading chancellor contender, not only shares an educational philosophy nearly identical to Bill de Blasio’s, but helped to construct the mayor-elect’s beliefs during the decade she has advised him on school issues.“They are of one mind,” said Dorothy Siegel, an education advocate, former