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Assessing Teachers: Almost Impossible
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg opening the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The mayor of New York City, an incredibly wealthy man named Michael Bloomberg, compared my union… more →
Education On The Plate
Ever Heard of Pearson Publishing?
wrote 1 week ago: If Common Core moves forward in Maine, Pearson will likely become a name that brings on headaches. W … more →
80% of New York High School Grads Can’t Read Despite Being No. 1 in School Spending
wrote 2 months ago: March 9, 2013 By Daniel Greenfield Bloomberg’s big pitch when running for office was that he was goi … more →
NYC NEEDS BOARD OF EDUCATION REINSTATED - National Labor Relations Board Won't End School Bus Strike
wrote 3 months ago: Time to reinstate school boards in NYC. National Labor Relations Board officials refused to order an … more →
CHRISTINE QUINN'S OPPORTUNISM
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wrote 4 months ago: Remember when Christine Quinn flipped out on the guy who called Bloomberg “pharaoh”? We … more →
Assessing Teachers: Almost Impossible
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wrote 4 months ago: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg opening the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. (Photo credit: Wikiped … more →
Nine months was nothing, they said
wrote 6 months ago: I’ve just learned that the NYC Dept of Education, in all their wisdom, decided to cut February … more →
NAACP Attacks Admission Policies at Eight Elite NYC High Schools
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wrote 6 months ago: by Christopher Paslay Instead of working with minority students to improve skills, civil rights advo … more →
New York City Schools to Offer "Morning After" Pills, Pilot Program, CATCH
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wrote 8 months ago: New York City high schools to offer “morning after” pills in a pilot program called CATC … more →
995 ‘kids’ over age 18 still attend downtown Manhattan HS and that's not all
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wrote 8 months ago: NEW YORK POST “They call them ‘super seniors,’ but it’s nothing to be proud of. They are overage hig … more →
"Mixed Marks: Walcott's Soldiering On, But Blazing No Trails, Critics Say" NY Daily News, April 5, 2012, pp. 8 - 9
wrote 1 year ago: C+ “It seems to me that the department has largely been treading water” Walcott Grade … more →
Paranoia in Education Strikes Again!
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wrote 1 year ago: cover shot of Children of Paranoia (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I work for a paranoid school district. … more →
Setback for Union Turns Into a Rallying Cry @NYT
wrote 1 year ago: With Release of Teacher Data, Setback for Union Turns Into a Rallying Cry By FERNANDA SANTOS and ANN … more →
NYC School Board Votes to Close 18 Schools
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wrote 1 year ago: It’s stories like this one that motivated me to cover education in NYC in the first place. Bac … more →
CABRERA, RELIGIOUS LEADERS & ELECTED OFFICIALS LEAD MASS MARCH ACROSS BROOKLYN BRIDGE
wrote 1 year ago: Here is more on the battle over NYC schools refusing to rent to “houses of Worship”. Gre … more →
Re: Rating Stuyvesant High School
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wrote 1 year ago: There’s an interesting take on my alma mater, from the students’ point of view. Not surp … more →
PRAYER RALLY DURING MAYOR BLOOMBERG'S STATE OF THE CITY"S ADDRESS, OPPOSING THE CITY’S DECISION TO EVICT HOUSES OF WORSHIP FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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wrote 1 year ago: For more on the battle brewing on the issue related to “Houses of Worship” renting space … more →
Boogiedowner Education Update: Registering your Child for Kindergarten
wrote 1 year ago: Here is information sent by Speaker Quinn and Education Chair Robert Jackson related to the procedur … more →
I'm Tired of Talking About Education
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wrote 1 year ago: Actually, I’m not. I’m going to spend the rest of this essay talking about it. I am very tired of ta … more →
Closing the Achievement Gap by Empowering Black and Latino Boys
wrote 1 year ago: From the November/December 2011 issue of Education Update Students from both panels answer questions … more →
