Nothing More Edifying Than Brooklyn-Queens Day
Did everybody enjoy their PD today?Did anybody find any of it worthwhile?If so would love to hear what it is was.
The Information The Education Department Wants Collected On Students
Stephanie Simon at Politico:The Education Department’s list of recommended data points, developed with state officials, is exhaustive. It includes what type of dental insurance a student carries, whether she’s allergic to dog dander and whether she belongs to a sorority in college. Each disciplinary incident is broken down into more than a dozen data points, including the type of firearm involved,
Juan Gonzalez: Ending Failed Education Policy Means Cleaning House At Tweed
In Juan Gonzalez's column on the Pearson field test protests arising around the state this week is this: Students and teachers at 1,100 city schools — plus an additional 3,000 statewide — are confronting more state-mandated tests this week. For the third straight year, the state and its testing company, Pearson, are conducting stand-alone field testing for several hundred thousand pupils — tests t
6-4-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: UFT Members Spoke: The UFT Leadership Couldn't Do Any Better Than This Accountable Talk yesterday:Technically, the contract passed with 77% of the vote of UFT members. I predicted 75%, which was the exact percentage of teachers who voted yes. School secretaries, paras, and social workers, who are not subject to many of the provisions that regular teachers are, voted almost 8