Taking A Closer Look At Andrew Cuomo's Rigged Common Core Panel
Via State of Politics, here is the Common Core panel list:The panel’s members are: Stanley S. Litow, Vice President, IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs & President, IBM International Foundation (Chair)Senator John Flanagan, Senate Education Committee Chair (Senate appointee)Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, Assembly Education Committee Chair (Assembly appointee)Linda Darling-Hammond,
The Fix Is In On The Cuomo Common Core Panel
Not a surprise to find out Common Core-supporting Sheriff Andy Cuomo rigged his Common Core panel with Common Core supporters - but that's what he did according to Leonie Haimson (via Diane Ravitch.)No early childhood experts, elementary or special ed teachers on commission, which is unfortunate because these are the people whose critiques have been most sharp.Litow chair already wrote an oped in
NYSED May Get Involved In The De Blasio/Charter Fight
Lisa Fleischer in the WSJ:State education officials are studying how Mr. de Blasio's pledge to charge rent to charters that operate in city buildings could affect the amount of funding the city receives for facilities.New York City gets more than $1 billion a year from the state to defray the cost of school facilities—partially paying for leases, renovations, purchases and new construction. The st
2-6-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: The Problem With Always Making Students Show Their WorkFrom David Ginsburg at Ed Week:As a new teacher, I upheld the longstanding requirement among math teachers that students must always show their work. And like many teachers, I deducted points when students refused to comply. But the more pushback I got from them--"you shouldn't make us work the problems out if we al