Tish James: Let's Reform School System In First 100 Days
Via a Beth Fertig tweet:Tisch James calls on De Blasio to reform ed system in first 100 days... Says she is a friend but was elected to be "a thorn in his side"— Beth Fertig (@bethfertig) December 9, 2013Let's make sure whatever reform de Blasio and his DOE chancellor, it is REAL REFORM, not the corporate education reform stuff we've gotten from Barack Obama and Andrew Cuomo.
Valerie Strauss Says Kaya Henderson Was Never Seriously Considered By De Blasio For Chancellor
Informative post from Valerie Strauss about de Blasio's chancellor search:Among the people who have been considered at one point or another in the decision-making process are, according to sources, Joshua Starr, Montgomery County Public Schools superintendent, who has good union relations and who became nationally known when he called for a three-year moratorium on standardized testing last year;
NY Post Attacks Joshua Starr, Tries To Torpedo Him From DOE Job
Okay, this is telling.The NY Post attacked Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Joshua Starr today for allegedly failing to crack down on pedophile teachers.Turns out the Post attack on Starr's so-called failure to crack down on pedophile teachers is based on one case Seems odd to attack Starr for systemic failure to protect children from pedophiles based upon one case. Yet that's what they do
Randi Weingarten and The Day of Misdirection.
Oh wait, that's every day for her...That's Michael Fiorillo's response to Randi Weingarten p.r. over today's "Day of Action" to recalaim the promise of public education.And indeed, there is a diversionary tactic in this call to action.Even as our union leaders take millions of dollars from Bill Gates to promote the CCSS, to agree to teacher evaluations tied to test scores, and to collab
12-8-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Randi Weingarten And The Day Of ActionGates 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 T