Calling Randi Weingarten Out On Her Bloomberg Criticism
Randi Weingarten on Twitter:Bloomberg closed 160 schools, disrupting #edu of students while we are no closer to closing achievement gap #BloombergLegacy — Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) December 16, 2013My response:@rweingarten @TeacherArthurG True, but you helped him along the way to destroy schools in NYC http://t.co/3jvgTJ2n9I— realitybasededucator (@perdidostschool) December 22, 2013Here was
Class Size Up, Teacher Numbers Down While Edu-Entrepreneurs Get Fat Off Reform
From the NY Times:COATESVILLE, Pa. — The recession may have ended, but many of the nation’s school districts that laid off teachers and other employees to cut payrolls in leaner times have not yet replenished their ranks. Now, despite the recovery, many schools face unwieldy class sizes and a lack of specialists to help those students who struggle academically, are learning English as a second lan
Time To Make Andrew Cuomo Pay Politically For His Teacher Evaluation Reforms
Carol Burris in the Times Union on how to reduce the damage over-testing is doing to students, teachers and schools:The real solutions are simple but courageous. First, follow the lead of California and do not engage in grade 3-8 testing this year. Have early childhood experts review the standards and curriculum to determine whether they are indeed appropriate for young children, and fix what is n
12-21-13 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekCarol Burris: Tisch Did Blame Cuomo, But It Was Over APPR Teacher EvaluationsI managed to miss this tweet when I was writing up this morning's post about Andrew Cuomo going Corleone on Merryl Tisch over Common Core.First, let's recap the story:Newsday reported that a principal from a middle school in Red Hook said the following:Karyann (Katie) Zahed