Philly Parent Activist: How Portfolio School Reform Is Destroying the School District
Last week this blog reviewed the concept of “portfolio school reform” as it is being practiced in Chicago, New York City, and Newark. It is a theory promoted actively by the Center for Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington, which posts a map of the school districts identified formally as its network of portfolio school districts. Last week’s post on this blog did not cover
NYC Chancellor Carmen Farina Brings Expertise and Good Sense to 1.1 Million Student District
Carmen Farina, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s recently appointed chancellor for the New York City Public Schools, has been on the job only since January. She is, however, a lifetime educator, teacher, principal, and former district administrator who came out of retirement to serve. This week we have begun to observe pivots from the school policies in place under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who regularly app
Portfolio School Reform: What Does It Mean in Chicago? Newark? New York City?
Controversy about charter schools has heated up this spring in New York City, over whether charter schools should be co-located into buildings shared by traditional public schools and whether charter schools ought to be charged rent; in Newark, over Governor Chris Christie and state appointed caretaker superintendent Cami Anderson’s One Newark Plan that would close traditional schools and fire tea
Philly Parent Activist: How Portfolio School Reform Is Destroying the School District
Last week this blog reviewed the concept of “portfolio school reform” as it is being practiced in Chicago, New York City, and Newark. It is a theory promoted actively by the Center for Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington, which posts a map of the school districts identified formally as its network of portfolio school districts. Last week’s post on this blog did not cover