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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

3-26-14 Perdido Street School Week

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UCLA Civil Rights Project Cites New York For Most Segregated Schools In The Nation
Hey - we're number #1!: NEW YORK -- New York state has the most segregated public schools in the nation, with many black and Latino students attending schools with virtually no white classmates, according to a report released Wednesday. The report by the Civil Rights Project at the University of California at Los Angeles looks at enrollment trends from 1989 to 2010. In New York City, the largest s

CCSS Tests Won't Count For Students, Will Count For Teacher Evaluations

This sounds ripe for a court challenge: ALBANY -- A deal is being negotiated to place a two-year moratorium on the use of student tests based on the Common Core for grade promotion in public schools. New York City schools and a handful of districts statewide have used the standardized tests under Common Core for grades 3 through 8 as a factor in promoting students to the next grade. The deal would


3-25-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: The Old Paradigms For Education Cannot Work In This WorldThe editorials from the NY Post about de Blasio and Farina get more vicious and ridiculous by the day. Today's is about how ruthless competition among schools and putting extra stress on students is the key to success for children:In the course of admitting he didn’t have a good reason for taking a good school away fro