De Blasio Says He Sympathizes With Parents Opting Children Out Of State Tests
Earlier this week, Regents Chancellor Tisch attacked Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino for opting his children out of the state tests, saying he had no standards and was contributing to the decline of Western Civilization.Mayor de Blasio, on the other hand, said he sympathizes with parent frustration over the testing regime:“I understand their frustrations. When my children were participat
Eva Moskowtitz As Freedom Rider
Good piece by Eliza Shapiro at Capital NY on the use of civil rights rhetoric for education issues by both charter advocates (particularly Eva Moskowitz and her Success Academies) and the de Blasio administration.Success Academies compared their pro-free charter school rent rally in Albany a few weeks ago to the freedom rides while the de Blasio administration called the universal pre-K drive a ci
Don't Accept Minor Tweaks To APPR Teacher Evaluations
Andrew Cuomo issued a statement yesterday saying he and the legislature will revisit the APPR teacher evaluation component that is tied to Common Core tests now that the CCSS tests have been de-linked from high stakes for children for a couple of years.There was much surprise around the Internets and the Twitterverse and not a few "What is this, April Fools?" comments.And why not - Cuomo
4-1-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Opt Out Movement Grows In NY StateNo wonder education reformers like Merryl Tisch and StudentsFirstNY were so shrill in their criticism of Westchester County Executive/GOP gubernatorial's announcement that he and his wife were opting their children out of the state's Common Core ELA and math tests that begin today.Astorino and his wife are just two out of thousands of parent