Solidarity.
Members of the Early Childhood, Elementary and Literacy Department at Montclair State University stand in solidarity with teachers opting out!
Rosie is riveting
. Rosie Frascella is an English teacher at the International High School at Prospect Heights in Brooklyn. Nearly the entire staff signed on to boycott the NYC English Language Arts Performance Assessment Exam. 60% of the parents have opted out.
Teachers at Brooklyn’s International High School at Prospect Heights boycott the NYC English Language Arts Performance Assessment Exam.
This just in: On Thursday, May 1, 2014, we, the teachers and school staff, at the International High School at Prospect Heights are refusing to give the NYC English Language Arts Performance Assessment Exam. We are standing in solidarity with the more than 50% of our parents who have opted their students out of taking the test. Please support the teachers and staff members who have joined togethe
Les Perelman. PARCC, Pearson and robo-graders.
My old friend Les Perelman recently retired as director of undergraduate writing at MIT. He has contributed to this blog and is a major critic of the misuse of standardized testing and robo-graders. The following appears in the Boston Globe. “According to professor of theory of knowledge Leon Trotsky, privacy is the most fundamental report of humankind. Radiation on advocates to an orator transmi
Illinois State Representative Keith Farnham is a child pornographer and molester.
“Keith Farnham? Didn’t he vote for pension theft?” I was asked yesterday. “Apparently that may be the best thing he did,” I responded. From the Chicago Tribune. When he resigned his seat on March 19, Farnham told the Tribune he was stepping down due to serious health concerns. A Navy veteran who ran a painting business in Elgin before running for office in 2009, Farnham said he is receiving treat
There are two ways the Illinois legislature can screw you: When they do something and when they don’t.
The Illinois General Assembly won’t be voting on a Fair Tax this session. 1,000 people filled the Capitol Rotunda yesterday demanding a progressive income tax. They were ignored. There weren’t enough votes for it in Michael Madigan’s House. Senate Democrats didn’t want to go on record voting for it if it was going to die in the House anyway. Key sponsor Don Harmon decided not to bring it to a vot
4-29-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Good luck students. Your professors are heading for the exits.Under provisions of the State University Retirement System’s money purchase option, 10,000 state university employees are eligible to retire by July 1. As a result of the Senate Bill 1 pension theft passed last December 3rd and signed immed