Posts tagged ‘Chicago’
Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.
Mike Klonsky’s Small Talk- 'I thought these days were behind us' -- Rev. Tyson From North Carolina to the streets of Chicago -- they are not behind usThey Canceled Class Today — All The Teachers Got Arrested While Protesting For Voting RightsFrom the Sun-Times:A group of parents — backed by the Chicago Teachers Union — wants Judge John Z. Lee to delay the closures for a year while they carry on their fight in court. They say in two cla […]
- 'I thought these days were behind us' -- Rev. Tyson
- Glen Brown: Teacher/poet/musician
- What goes on in Chicago—should be exposed to the world: An Interview with Paul Horton[Paul Horton is a History teacher at the University of Chicago Laboratory High School]The following interview was posted by Michael Shaughnessy Education Views Senior Columnist on May 18, 2013 in Commentaries, Daily, Editor’s Pick, Insights on Education, Teachers Michael F. Shaughnessy - Paul, what the hell is going on in Chicago?Fifty-four schools are targe […]
- What goes on in Chicago—should be exposed to the world: An Interview with Paul Horton
- John Dillon’s Pension Education
- Local Districts - Part One: Caught Holding the BagLocal Districts - Pt. OneCaught Holding the BagIdiom: The phrase Holding the Bag is an idiom describing the person caught or penalized while others get away free. If a group of brigands held up a person, and the authorities were soon to arrive, veteran criminals would give the witless outlaw the swag to hold physically. This not only distracted the less th […]
- Local Districts - Part One: Caught Holding the Bag
- NYC Educator
- Bill Thompson Is Unacceptable for Working TeachersIt's more than a little depressing to read that AFT President Randi Weingarten has seen fit to endorse Bill Thompson for NYC Mayor. First of all, she's got enormous sway over the UFT. It's possible that UFT could go its own way, but I wouldn't bank on it. More to the point, we've got history with Thompson, and it's not good at a […]
- Bill Thompson Is Unacceptable for Working Teachers
- CPS Chatter
- A Time of HeroesThe Tribune editorial called on us to be heroes like Newton and Moore where heroes stood up to death for the students. We could be heroes by stepping down and leaving our students to poverty, both literal and intellectual. We could be heroes by isolating the parts of our city most in need. We could […]
- A Time of Heroes
- Jersey Jazzman
- NJ Ed Commissioner Cerf is Literally In Charge of Dog S#!^Folks, there are days when I just can't believe what I have to report: The state education commissioner has overturned the termination of Haddon Township High School’s athletic director, who in May 2012 was caught on camera placing dog feces on his ex-wife’s car in the school parking lot. Just months before, Alan Carr also lied to school administrators […]
- NJ Ed Commissioner Cerf is Literally In Charge of Dog S#!^
- TuttleSVC
- Students on the FringeJean Ann W. Guliano:With 83% of the state’s special needs students and 90% of the state’s limited English students scoring substantially below proficient on the last NECAP math test,* even with remediation many of those students will likely not graduate in 2014. Even more troubling is that the gap between these students and ‘average’ students has actually in […]
- Students on the Fringe
- Ken Previti’s Reclaim Reform
- None of the AboveJim Keating wrote a few facts of life for retirees in the DuPage Illinois Teachers Association newsletter. Excerpt: Without the COLA we will have 55% of today’s buying power in twenty years… Fred Klonsky posted his full letter. Read it … Continue reading →
- None of the Above
- Roger Sanders
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- Chapter Leader’s Notes: Mayoral forum at the Bronx UFTNotes by Donald March, chapter leader of Christopher Columbus HS Bronx Mayoral Forum. May 8, 2013. Christine Quinn, Bill DeBlasio, Bill Thompson, John Liu As has been the case at these forums or late, Christine Quinn arrives ahead of the pack and is allowed to speak and take questions first. She is a rather forceful […]
- Chapter Leader’s Notes: Mayoral forum at the Bronx UFT
- Diane Ravitch
- Anthony Cody: Who Supports Mayoral Control?Anthony Cody describes the campaign to put mayors in charge of school districts and the reasons behind it. The biggest supporter of mayoral control is Arne Duncan. When mayoral control was up for renewal in Néw York City, he weighed in to support it. He lobbied against any effort to give the mayor’s appointees set […]
- Anthony Cody: Who Supports Mayoral Control?
- Rogers Park Neighbors For Public Schools
- The New Sane..Evidence that crazy is the new sane.Principal Sarah Abedelal credited under-utilized Brennemann's high test scores to its low class sizes. Then she insisted the school could do as well with twice as many students."Size does matter, but when you look at effective teaching, effective teaching strategies, you can teach students double that size," […]
- The New Sane..
