What We Have Lived Through in Education in NYC the Last 7 Years Thanks to Bloomberg and Obama.
We in New York City have been in an uphill battle to defend public schools from a fierce attack, first by the Bloomberg Administration, then from the Obama Administration for more than 7 years. It began with giving letter grades to schools based largely on student test scores (2007), then to the closing of allegedly failing schools, also based on test scores ( 168 have been closed at latest count)
What We Have Lived Through in Education in NYC the Last 7 Years Thanks to Bloomberg and Obama.
We in New York City have been in an uphill battle to defend public schools from a fierce attack, first by the Bloomberg Administration, then from the Obama Administration for more than 7 years. It began with giving letter grades to schools based largely on student test scores (2007), then to the closing of allegedly failing schools, also based on test scores ( 168 have been closed at latest count)
6-1-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: For Many Students, There is No Light at the End of the Testing Tunnel
With A Brooklyn Accent: For Many Students, There is No Light at the End of the Testing Tunnel: For Many Students, There is No Light at the End of the Testing TunnelFor a lot of students, especially those in low or moderate income communities, turning schools into test prep/ Common Core hell makes absolutely no sense. There is no light at the end of the tunnel that makes this kind of sacrifice- of