Latest News and Comment from Education

Sunday, June 22, 2014

6-22-14 Perdido Street School

Perdido Street School:






This Must Be The Fault Of Teachers And Public Schools
From the Murdoch Post:Life’s traditional milestones of marriage, home and children do not hold any currency for today’s millennials due to lack of cash.Many young adults, facing a difficult job market, suffer from a failure to launch their lives and leave the safety of the family home. Many must continue to rely in some part on parents for financial support, according to the findings of a new surv


Regents Grading
Bleary-eyed teachers in different places around the city are grading Regents exams this weekend - including this bleary-eyed teacher at Perdido Street School.That so much is riding for students, teachers and schools on a grading process that has exhausted teachers working through the day, then grading at night and on weekends, really ought to trouble any fair observer of education policy.That's al


6-21-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Perdido Street School WeekHow Would The Education Reformers Solve This Mess?From the NY Post, in full:A Bronx principal hid in shame on Friday rather than explain why she ignored pleas from a bullied teen’s dad to have the kid removed from the school before the torment drove him to kill.Delise Jones darted out of IS 117 at dismissal and shielded her face with her car’s sun v