Latest News and Comment from Education

Sunday, June 30, 2013

UPDATE Perdido Street School: I'm Sure More Standardized Testing And Standardized Rubrics Will Solve This Crisis

Perdido Street School: I'm Sure More Standardized Testing And Standardized Rubrics Will Solve This Crisis:

Arne, Joel And Pitbull: Don't Stop The Party!

Misogynist rapper/charter school operator Armanda Perez AKA Pitbull is joining former NYC schools chancellor Joel Klein and current Secretary of Education Privatization Arne Duncan at The National Alliance of Public Charter Schools Conference this week to promote all things reformy.

After a week of "Sex Creep Teacher" bashing in the New York Daily News, I wonder how it is that "Ben "Where Are The Perverts?" Chapman and the rest of the Perv Teacher Squad at the Daily News  aren't getting on Klein and Duncan for appearing at a forum with a guy whose first charting single was called "Culo" and who hasanother song called "Juice Box" with the following lyrics:

That juice box wet, she keep that juice box juicy,
I like
That juice box wet, she keep that juice box juicy,
I like
That juice box wet, she keep that juice box juicy,
I like
That juice box wet, she keep that juice box juicy,
I like
My life,

Vincent Van Gogh couldn't paint it
And I love that you hate it
I fuck 'em, you date 'em,
I'm hotter than Satan
Look partner just save it

Yeah, that's 


I'm Sure More Standardized Testing And Standardized Rubrics Will Solve This Crisis

In an article entitled What It Takes to Make New College Graduates Employable, Alina Tugend writes the following:

A special report by The Chronicle of Higher Education and American Public Media’s Marketplace published in March found that about half of 704 employers who participated in the study said they had trouble finding recent college graduates qualified to fill positions at their company.

But, surprisingly, it wasn’t necessarily specific technical skills that were lacking. 

“When it comes to the skills most needed by employers, job candidates are lacking most in