Newark Teacher Gives Thanks and Advice to Ravitch
"Here is my advice to teachers who are unfairly rated by the spurious method called 'value added assessment': Sue them."....Diane Ravitch: From One Teacher to Another: VAM is Junk ScienceWhen your union cannot/will not back you up and in fact cooperates with the people looking to kill you, it makes fighting back for most people very difficult. Diane Ravitch never puts herself in a positi
South Bronx School Blogger Joins Opt-Out Movement
For those that want more information, follow NYS Allies for Education for how the "How to Opt Out" primer. It can be done, it should be done! ......I asked [my son] would he feel bad if he didn't take the exams and would the other kids make fun of him. His reaction was that he would not feel bad and that the other kids would want to know where they can sign up to miss the exams. In fact
Video: 12 Days to Being Tossed Out By Eva Moskowitz Success Charter
Interview with former Success Charter parent exposes shady tactics.Great work by GEM's Darren Marelli.An interview with New York City Parent Karen Sprowal. Ms. Sprowal tells the story of her kindergarten son's 12 days at Success Academy Charter School. Ms. Sprowal describes how her son was pushed out of the charter school and eventually embraced by a neighborhood public school, PS 75.https://vime
3-22-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Ed Notes OnlineSupport Suan Ohanian on White House PetitionPlease don't send me 'excuses.' I've heard them already--from union officers who tell me they have other fish to fry, teachers who insist putting initials on a petition will cost them their jobs, etc. etc. .. Susan OhanianI hate petitions and think they do little good. But when Susan Ohanian speaks I listen. Here is the l