Back to School Teacher Resources
Back to school resources roundup Welcome back. We missed you… unless you’re in one of our grad courses, administration courses, or counseling courses that met over the summer. In which case, we’re glad to see you so soon. This is our Back to School article and resource roundup for teachers. Please let us know what […]
The Week in Education News 8/24/15
Your Week in Education by Danielle Bonnici Thanks, but no thanks…. Over 200,000 middle schools students in New York State declined to sit for Common Core test this year- four times the amount who refused last year. Initially, it was believed that school districts where less than 95% of the students who took the test […]
Education News Briefing 8-14
Your Education Briefing By Danielle Bonnici It’s been an eventful week in education news: Teacher Shortage A teacher shortage is putting a damper on “back to school”: The New York Times reports that there is a nationwide shortage of teachers, especially in math, science, special ed, and English as a second language. The reasons are […]
New Chicago Grading System
Chicago’s school history is a testimony to the lack of difference that different reform movements have made; Chicago has tried them all to little avail. Chicago is now trying something else to get its high school graduation rate above 50% (that’s right, 50%). There are two core pieces to this effort, described in this article from […]
A Tree Grows in Staten Island
Actually, it’s five gardens and five Staten Island public schools with grants totaling $11,000. All the schools will use the gardens to teach children about health and nutrition. But to me, the most important thing is that growing a garden changes a person’s relationship to the world. For most of us, everything we eat and […]
St. Rose SBL Alumni in the news
We’re happy to see SBL Alumni landing great jobs! On Monday, the Hazlet Township Board of Education appointed Joseph J. Annibale as assistant superintendent of schools. (Photo courtesy Hazlet School District) Mr. Annibale graduated from the College of St. Rose / CITE SBL program recently. For the full rundown, see the Holmdel-Hazlet Patch For information on […]
SBL Alumnus Kevin Colon
Kevin Colon is the Assistant Principal at East Side Middle School, and a CITE / College of St. Rose SBL graduate. Below, he shares insight on completing his first year as AP. I have completed my first year as the assistant principal of East Side Middle School. I was offered this position soon after the […]
NYC Libraries Are Giving Out Internet Devices for Free. Could it Be a Model for the Nation?
This Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to approve plans to expand the Lifeline program, which offers home broadband to low-income Americans. Extending high-speed internet into potentially millions more homes will be a complicated undertaking. Read about the NYC library plan to give out internet devices here: http://ift.tt/1N5n33K