Message to Farina and de Blasio: Undo the Damage
"The schools of Baghdad and Kabul will recover sooner than the NYC school system under your management." ... Norm Scott to Joel Klein --- quoting my self from a c.2004-6 PEP meeting.Eterno and Epstein: Revoke Jamaica High School's Death Sentence... NEW YEAR APPEAL TO INCOMING MAYOR AND CHANCELLOR: SAVE THE COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS, ICE Blog.I love to quote myself. Carmen Farina was sit
Newark: Cami Anderson Uses Network Model to Kill Neighborhood Schools
UPDATED: If Carmen Farina wants to make a quick mark she should begin dismantling the Networks - ASAP. They are a mechanism purposely designed to destabilize the links between a school and the neighborhood. As our pal from Newark points out here, they are a national tool of ed deform to make it easier to soften up neighborhoods for charter school invasions.Reports from a Newark teacher:Cami Anders
Summer School for Teachers Report from an Undisclosed Urban Location
Dropped from a drone, found on a Rockaway beach. I won't say which city but it is not NYC.I had the privilege of attending ten days of training in a Summer Institute. The primary advantage of attending the institute is I lost the last two weeks of my treasured summer vacation.My district has adopted Responsive Classroom, which I have nicknamed snapping and clapping. When the teacher is pleased wit
12-30-13 Ed Notes Online
Ed Notes Online: Farina the ChoiceBloomfield also predicted that Farina and her staff would implement a longer-term cultural change at Tweed. “There will be a new system-wide respect for educational experience,” he said, “there are a lot of people fresh out of college who either as a matter of data expertise or particular program expertise tell principals what’s needed. There will probably be an e