Big Education Ape: Remainders: DOE official: 2/3rds of teachers need improvement

Monday, May 10, 2010

by Anna Phillips

Deputy Chancellor Eric Nadelstern says two-thirds of city teachers need improvement.
For the second year, parents associations can pay for non-union classroom aides.
Bloomberg says he’ll stay out of state races, except to support charter-backer Sen. Craig Johnson.
A son remembers his mother’s extraordinary year teaching a gifted class before they were common.
Arthur Goldstein wins his case to lower class sizes at Francis Lewis HS and the DOE ignores the decision.
What’s in a 3? A teacher grades students’ state English tests and finds the standards are too lax.
PTA fund raisers are becoming more important as city schools’ budgets take a hit.
Elana Kagan could become Hunter College HS’s second most well-known alumna.
Miss Brave describes the seven students who are causing all the trouble in her class.
After watching another teacher’s class, a Bronx teacher argues for required observations.
Michael Regnier: charter school critics’ talking points are like Yogi-isms.
On Wednesday mornings, P.S. 29 students bound into school for “cool clusters.”
Should “reforms” go into the jobs bill? Education experts weigh in.
The Hechinger Institute launched a new national education news website: Hechinger Report.
And WNYC’s Beth Fertig is looking for your city school memorabilia.