Archive for February, 2009
Ye can lead a man up to the university, but you can't make him think. – Finley Peter Dunne
Mike Klonsky’s Small Talk- Militarization of public schoolingHe turned Chicago into a Mecca for military schools. Chi-town has more than any city in the nation. A DOE media advisory informs us that today Arne Duncan will take time out from his Listening Tour with Newt Gingrich to support generals and admirals calling for students to be better prepared for the war machine.The question arises: Duncan was certainly able, […]
- Militarization of public schooling
- JD2718
- Did the UFT make a difference?It is not pleasant to review mistakes, but the alternative is worse. What miscalculations led the UFT to stay out of the mayoral race?
- Did the UFT make a difference?
- The Jose Vilson blog
- King Bloomberg and My Unrepentant ContradictionsMichael Bloomberg I’m living in a weird spot right now. I’m a die-hard Yankees fan who has a hard time supporting the construction of a stadium that, from within and without, stratified the rich and the poor and is supported by the one man who embraces that stratification like the millions of dollars he’s gained indirectly through the veins […]
- King Bloomberg and My Unrepentant Contradictions
- NYC Educator
- One Day. One Test. One Score... (The 2009 Edition)If you've been following my blog, you know that the Specialized High School Admissions Test has been a pet peeve of mine from the blog's earliest days. It bothers me that lazy, half-interested kids who happen to be good at taking tests get invited to the specialized schools while some kids who bust their butts and love learning don't because t […]
- One Day. One Test. One Score... (The 2009 Edition)
- TuttleSVC
- Now I've Gone and Done It...I've got a (first come, first served) five minute slot of time to make a public comment about technology and assessment in Race to the Top, next Friday in Boston. Now I just have to figure out what I'm going to say. I might take a passing shot at the Common Core ELA standards, but I'm really there to talk about technology. I'll probably f […]
- Now I've Gone and Done It...
