Put Pressure On De Blasio To Keep His Campaign Promises On Education
De Blasio said today that he probably won't announce his pick for the next chancellor this week.Ross Barkan at Politicker wrote that de Blasio is still taking names for the job:Mr. de Blasio, who will be the city’s first mayor in recent times with a child in the public school system, said the decision was a particularly important one for his family, and that, thanks to his experience, he and his w
De Blasio Says Schools Chancellor Announcement Will Probably Not Come This Week
From Politicker:Bill de Blasio will be unveiling “important” new appointments in the near future, but don’t expect his schools chancellor pick to be among them. Asked today about his decision-making process for the chancellor pick, the mayor-elect described it as deliberate and methodical and said new candidates are still being nominated even as his January 1 inauguration looms a few weeks away. “
A Response To The Daily News Corporate Education Reform Editorial
A commenter responds to the DN neo-liberals shilling for corporate education reform and calling for a pro-charter chancellor: If "it's really about the kids," Mr. DeBlasio will do nothing less than the following: 1. Appoint an educator who has valid school district administrator credentials, no more emergency waivers from the state. We have not had a qualified educational leader since D
Randi Weingarten And The Day Of Action
Gates Foundation cash-flushed Randi Weingarten is advertising a "Day of Action" to save public education tomorrow.As I told Randi on twitter (a conversation you can see here), she's full of crap over this "save public education" stuff since she's done so much to wreck it herself - from signing off on the Race to the Top reforms, caving on tying teacher evaluations to test score
12-7-13 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School Week mark as readLet De Blasio Know Rahm Emanuel's School CEO And DCPS Rhee Acolyte Are Unacceptable For NYCDOEGotham Schools posted rumors that Rahm Emanuel's schools CEO, Barbara Byrd-Bennett, the woman who helped oversee the closing of 50 Chicago schools in one fell swoop this year, is on Bill de Blasio's short list to be NYCDOE chancellor.The NY Tim