Archive for August, 2009
Don't let schooling interfere with your education. – Mark Twain
Mike Klonsky’s Small Talk- Math literacy & social changeThe Young People’s Project uses Math Literacy as a tool to develop young leaders and organizers.In the same way that Ella Baker helped fashion a space for the students who sat-in to think and organize for themselves, the Algebra Project provided a space for YPP to grow and develop. Twelve years later, here we are. (Omo Moses, YPP Founder)
- Math literacy & social change
- JD2718
- Bloomberg declares war on tenureAnd also declares war on discussing policy with the UFT. “As it turns out our lawyers now tell us after a very close reading of New York’s law, the current law does not actually stop us from using student data to evaluate teachers who are up for tenure this particular school year, because the way it [...]
- Bloomberg declares war on tenure
- The Jose Vilson blog
- A Message from This ExtraterrestrialToday, I had the distinct pleasure of going to two separate conferences: one on Black and Latino males in high schools and the other on Blackness in America as it pertains to the release of the hardcover Black Book. In both instances, I found myself immersed in an idea that sits at the root of these conversations in whichever category or “subgroup […]
- A Message from This Extraterrestrial
- NYC Educator
- You Better Watch OutFor the last couple of days, my daughter's been walking around the house singing, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town." I don't think I ever paid much attention to the lyrics before, and I have to say I find them disturbing. Who the hell is this guy to decide whether I'm naughty or nice? Isn't it kind of subjective? Does he think he […]
- You Better Watch Out
- TuttleSVC
- This is the Kind of Rhetoric you get with an Unlimited Budget and No ScruplesHarold E. Ford Jr., Louis V. Gerstner Jr., And Eli Broad:(on Race to the top)... the administration must continue to hang tough on two critical issues: performance standards and competition. (emphasis added)To many educators, one of the key issues going forward to negotiating "NCLB II" is whether or not there will be a role for performance standard […]
- This is the Kind of Rhetoric you get with an Unlimited Budget and No Scruples
