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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Remainders: Bronx school tells parents to stop airing its issues | GothamSchools

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Remainders: Bronx school tells parents to stop airing its issues

  • P.S. 24 in the Bronx told families to stop telling the school’s troubles to the press. (Bronx Press Politics)
  • A teacher discovers an error in an automatically graded Regents grade from last year. (NYCDOENuts)
  • A teacher reports with glee that social studies exams might be resurrected. (Mr. D’s Neighborhood)
  • Mike Petrilli: Though sometimes wrong, Diane Ravitch’s arguments are not personal. (Flypaper)
  • First-year students at Broome Street Academy Charter High School talk about their school. (YouTube)
  • A look at the three schools in Harlem that are on the DOE’s chopping block this year. (Insideschools)
  • A teacher explains how he differentiates by grouping without groups. (Mr. Foteah)
  • Analysis of the evidence — there isn’t much — that teachers have worsened over time. (Shanker Blog)
  • Parents at a citywide gifted school are worried about the co-located school’s expansion. (SchoolBook)