Daily posts from a public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Half a million site visits. Thanks.
October 24, 2011
Today this blog hit the half million mark on site visits. Thanks to all our readers, bloggers, tipsters, guest posters, and the growing movement that we try, in our small way, to help along.
A day after they were handed the latest study showing the poor results of their turnaround reforms, the mayor's hand-picked school board voted to turn 10 more neighborhood public schools over to a private turnaround company. This despite day-long protests outside their offices by hundreds of angry parents, students and community supporters (none of the […]
Sometimes it's easy to forget that we live in, or near, one of the truly great and amazing world cities. Recesses are, for me, a time to get out and explore some of the awesomeness that New York City has to offer. The downside, however, is that this often means standing in very long lines. Apparently a book has been written suggesting that French childr […]
Kind of by definition, right? NEWs, you might assume, means NEW. Our old friends at Gotham Schools don’t quite get it? Last night they posted their little round-up, third link is to a video of a kid using some odd place value pictures to add four-digit numbers. We know the date of the upload to [...]
Congratulations, Fred. Now it’s half a million and one.
Congratulations, Fred. Though not a teacher, I appreciate the viewpoint you provide into this most important profession.
Congrats! That’s an impressive milestone. I’m steadily approaching 20k myself.
AMAZING!! All my love and smiles Amy