PreK Teachers Needed
8000 PREK TEACHERS NEEDED Mayor De Blasio says there are up to 8,000 prek teachers needed in the coming few years to fully implement his pre-k plan. Listen to this post! CITE’s Masters in Literacy will certify you as an early childhood Literacy specialist (not a classroom teacher), BUT if you have initial certification in […]
What can we learn from the PISA Results
PISA Results and the Lessons We can Learn As we compare US Students to the rest of the world’s learners, we have a set of metrics we can use to see how different educational systems measure up against each other. This is the PISA. The idea is to test what 15 year olds know, and […]
UFT Protest: Charter School Fight
UFT Protest is about “vouchers” – The Charter Fight Heats Up Last week, the State Senate passed a budget resolution that would undermine the Mayor’s Pre-K bid, and would take away any leverage he has in his negotiations with Charter Schools. The resolution says that: – NYC can not charge rent to charter schools – […]
MD Superintendent Blasts State Tests
MARYLAND SUPERINTENDENT BLASTS STATE TEST The Maryland superintendents are protesting giving the existing Maryland State Assessment this year. They argue that the test is simply not aligned with the Common Core and the state assessment has no consequences. Therefore, they would rather use their scarce resources to focus on the issues of implementing the common […]
NYC Teacher Contract Talks
NYC Teacher Contract Talks The NY Times is saying that Mayor De Blasio’s trying to work out a deal with the UFT. The NYC Teachers Contract Talks will take on the expired contract. The teachers have been working without a contract since talks broke down between the Union and Mayor Bloomberg in 2009. Bloomberg left 151 […]
Redesigned SAT
Redesigned SAT College board President David Coleman announced a redesigned SAT this week. Most notably, it’s going back to 1600 points, and the essay is optional. Not only that, but in this video, released by the College Board, they give you the essay question. (It’s below) The video is one hour long, and aside form […]
Embracing the Common Core?
EMBRACING THE COMMON CORE (vs. WAFFLING) I want to talk about the cost of waffling, rather than either rejecting or embracing the common core standards and the assessments based on them. Listen to this post! California, according to Charles Taylor Kerchner, a professor at Claremont Graduate College, is embracing the common core and its assessments. They […]
Charter School Fight
The Charter School Fight As he promised in his campaign, Mayor De Blasio has taken on the Charter Schools, in particular on the issue of co-locations. You can see our article here about co-locations (click). Listen to this post! Now the Charter School Fight is threatening to overshadow the Mayor’s trip to Albany (which is, […]
