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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

6-18-14 Ed Notes Online Week

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Eva Moskowitz and Success - Not So Successful: 56% Did Not Survive to Graduate, 0% Pass Test for Top HS
Distance from K to 8 at Success can be a downerStudents of much-touted Success Academy charter school score too low on entrance exam for top city high schools.... The founding class of Harlem Success Academy 1 graduated on Friday. The class started with 73 enrolled first-grade students in August 2006, but 32 students were at graduation. None of the 32 grads, however, will be attending any of the c


What's Up Today, June 18, 2014: Jose Vilson, NYCEducator on Class Size, RBE on Abusive Principals

A quick reminder about tonight's: MORE, Change the Stakes Sponsor Jose Vilson Book Conversation in InwoodStill in Cape Cod at FIRST robotics conference so I can't make it. (I have so much to write about being with hundreds of people from all over the world and most states. And if your school is interested, I do school visits - am doing one this Monday.)Two more quick items. Arthur Goldstein has wr


6-17-14 Ed Notes Online Week
Ed Notes Online: Message to UFT Leaders: Where's the Change of Tone as Hundreds Call for Ouster of Bryant HS Principal Namita DwarkaA handful of students said the principal threatened them, warning they would not take part in graduation if they attended Monday’s rally. Teachers told the Daily News Dwarka has doctored their performance records, canceled their after-school programs and fired them fr