Eric Nadelstern: Farina Had Better Have 100% Graduation Rate in Five Years Time
The ever youthful Eric Nadelstern, former deputy chancellor to Joel Klein and the architect of many a reform idea, showed up in both the Huff Post and Capital NY stories about Carmen Farina's appointment to chancellor.In the Capital NY story, he has a particularly telling quote:Eric Nadelstern, a former deputy chancellor under Joel Klein credited with helping to implement some of the Bloomberg adm
NYSED Commissioner John King: Critics Of SED/Regents Reforms Are "Misinformed"
You thought the Gospel of the Common Core Tour starring Merryl Tisch and John King was over?You thought wrong - the propaganda-fest continues:ALBANY—State education commissioner John King argued in a letter to New York educators Monday that concerns raised by teachers and parents at a series of public hearings were based on “misinformation.” Particularly, he refuted claims that students are facing
Wait And See On Carmen Farina
There is much rejoicing in the twitterverse and on the edu-blogosphere over the announcement that Mayor-Elect Bill de Blasio has finally appointed Carmen Farina to replace Dennis Walcott as NYC schools chancellor.Farina has "progressive" educator credentials, spent decades working as a real educator, and has recently fought charter school land grabs in Brooklyn, so there is certainly som
Cuomo Attacks De Blasio Behind The Scenes
Sheriff Andy looking to promote his own agenda and taking it out on anybody he thinks is in his way:Gov. Cuomo, in his first major battle with Bill de Blasio, is engaged in a last-ditch effort to block leftist Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito from becoming council speaker, Democratic insiders have told The Post. Cuomo has been working behind the scenes with city Democratic leaders, including Ass
De Blasio To Appoint Carmen Farina As NYC Schools Chancellor
Given all the rumors around this selection, I'll believe this when I see it:Carmen Farina, a Department of Education veteran and a longtime informal adviser to Bill de Blasio, will be named chancellor Monday after months of speculation about who would manage the city’s school system.De Blasio will name Farina head of the nation's largest public school system at M.S. 51, the Park Slope middle schoo
12-29-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: NYCDOE Investigator Demanded Sex From Teacher To Save Her JobHere's Mayor Bloomberg's NYCDOE in action - the story is so horrifying via Susan Edelman at the NY Post, I repost it in full:A Department of Education detective tried to have sex with a Brooklyn teacher he was probing in exchange for letting her keep her job, she charges. Investigator Lawrence Scott, 40, allegedly