Election Day, Common Core, School Choice
11-5-13 Election Day News Roundup NYC Public Schools are closed and NYCASP Parking rules are suspended today! Let the kids park wherever they want!* *Don’t let kids drive. If you do, give them quarters. Parking meters are in effect. Here are some good resources to kick off your morning reading. VOTING For web […]
Measuring Success in Schools
Ed Reform and Measuring Success by Jared Gellert 10-21-13 HOW DO WE MEASURE SUCCESS IN SCHOOL? We are going to have a debate about the efficacy of Mayor Bloomberg’s educational reforms over the next few years. As I read one article passionately defending what he has done, it occurred to me that we really don’t […]
New Teacher Evaluation Results
10-22-13 New Teacher Evaluations – 1st look The controversial Teacher Evaluations are here. This is the first time we’re seeing evaluations from the new system. NY Ed Commissioner John King is releasing the evaluations today, and there will be plenty of story-lines floating. For now, we have ears on the ground and some context for […]
Say YES to Free College
10-22-13 SYRACUSE AND SAY YES TO EDUCATION by Jared Gellert There’s an interesting article in Edweek, http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/08/07/37sayyes_ep.h32.html?r=1327884309 about the city of Syracuse’s engagement with the Say Yes to Education foundations efforts. The best known element of Say Yes to Education is the promise of free college education for high school graduates in exchange for […]
Multiple Intelligences – Common Core – Mayoral Race – John King – News
10-16-13 NEWS ROUNDUP Harold Gardner: “Multiple Intelligences are NOT learning styles.” In what seems like a major reversal of how his seminal book “Multiple Intelligences” has been used by educators, Howard Gardner in today’s Washington Post, Gardner sets out to clarify the two main problems he sees with treating his work in “MI Theory” as […]
NYC Test Scores Question
A Reaction to the NY Test Scores By: Jared Gellert The test scores that came out on August 7th revealed a dramatic plunge. The proportion of New York students who were “proficient” in English/Language Arts fell from 55.1% to 31.1%. The percentage of students “proficient” in math fell even more, from 64.8% to 31%, according […]
Back to School Resources
8-14-13 Teachers, Administrators, and Counselors! Just in time for the first chilly day in NYC, we’ve put together some resources to help ease your back-to-school prep. LESSON PLANNING: Lesson planning/ sharing including Common-Core-oriented example lessons and aligned resources. http://www.sharemylesson.com/ COMMON CORE: On 8-21-13, join Education Week reporter Catherine Gewertz for a free webinar […]
Teachers Want To Teach
Amid all the test-score hoopla, the Florida/Indiana Education scandal, and the Common Core brouhaha you may have missed this one — This article was going around last week, and in case you missed it, we’ve put the link here. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/02/09/a-warning-to-college-profs-from-a-high-school-teacher/ This newly-retired high-school teacher takes us through the challenges he faced on a daily basis: […]
