Ed Notes Learns Identity of next chancellor and police commissioner
And the winner is: Jeff Kaufman, who as a former cop, lawyer and current teacher has the qualifications and the skills to do both jobs - at the same time. Congrats Jeff.
Another No-Nothing NY Times Ed Editorial
Do they read their own paper?... Loretta Prisco on NYT editorial board.@nytopinion calls NYC teachers who work as substitutes "inactive".....Lisa Fleisher, WSJ, tweetGreat catch by Lisa. I tweeted back:@lisafleisher .@nytopinion Good pt- ATRe work full day- some as subs, others replacing teachers who are on leave, etc. NYT ed bd ignorant Loretta Prisco's full comment:There is so much mis
WSJ Reports on Citizens of the World Charter Underenrollment
The school's experience demonstrates that charter schools, which often say parents need more choices, can be stung when parents' decisions don't fall their way. It also bolsters opponents who say that, despite claims of long wait lists and tales of parents craving alternatives, there isn't as much demand for charter schools as supporters say... Lisa Fleisher, WSJ.Lisa Fleisher often writes pieces
My Wife Joins the Fray on Obamacare
My cousin, now living in Israel where I believe there is a national health care system, is a conservative, anti-Obama, and especially opposed to Obamacare. Which I can understand if he was, like my wife and me, in favor of a single payer system -- Medicare for all. I mean, we are pissed too at Obama for allowing the insurance companies to run health care and take their pound of flesh. But he's a c
Teachers Talk Testing @PS 321K, Tues. Dec. 3 - With MOREistas Cavanagh, Coleman and More
Dear Friends and Colleagues,We'll be holding a Teachers Talk Testing Forum at PS 321 this Tuesday, 12/3 at 6:30pm. I'll be speaking - among other great guests - and I urge you to attend if you are able to make it. We'll be looking at the impact the high stakes tests are having on teachers professionally... as well as on our classrooms and students. We'll also look at ways we can help lower the sta
Report from the Banana Republic: Where Does Blame for Derailment Lie?
MTA Board should resign Immediately. But they will just blame the train operator.Well, is it time to officially declare us a 3rd World Country with today's Metro North Derailment? Exactly how do the people in charge of running things get chosen? Political hacksville:MTA Leadership The MTA is governed by a 17-member Board. Members are nominated by the Governor, with four recommended by New York Cit
A Bittersweet Weekend
How to even begin to describe the levels of inspiration that Gene and Loretta provided? Committed educators, representative of the best of NYC and it's radical traditions, wonderful friends offering help and comfort to those around them, people full of humor and the life force... Farewell, brother: you lit the path before us and made it a little easier to go forward... Michael Fiorillo Over 40 yea
11-30-13 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes Online mark as readWhat about the reversals of the October co-locos by di Blasio or Will Eval Moskowitz Continue to be Coddled?Lets hope Bill DB's new administration moves in quickly to deliver us from Eva and her destructive ways ASAP.... Eva can afford to rent her own buildings w/ all the philanthropy and savings she has amassed..... Lisa Donlan, CEC1Is there a push fo