Comments on: Planning ahead for the budget cuts: Three ideas from a veteran http://gothamschools.org/2008/11/21/planning-ahead-for-the-budget-cuts-three-ideas-from-a-veteran/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pogue http://gothamschools.org/2008/11/21/planning-ahead-for-the-budget-cuts-three-ideas-from-a-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-1467 Pogue Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:53:55 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=5180#comment-1467 Sheesh, Elizabeth, other than blog comments, could you at least offer an opposing view in your article, for fairness? Plus, any administrator that talks "bodies" scares me. Sheesh, Elizabeth, other than blog comments, could you at least offer an opposing view in your article, for fairness? Plus, any administrator that talks “bodies” scares me.

]]> By: Jonathan http://gothamschools.org/2008/11/21/planning-ahead-for-the-budget-cuts-three-ideas-from-a-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-1387 Jonathan Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:00:47 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=5180#comment-1387 Led through a downturn, or actually led a downturn? There are dozens of principals who were around a decade ago, but how many actually destroyed schools? Some of the worst schools in the City are the result of your interview's work in creating scores of small disasters in the Bronx. On my blog I maintain a list of career-enders - schools so bad that no one should apply to them. And Nadlestern bears personally responsibility for starting most of them. Led through a downturn, or actually led a downturn? There are dozens of principals who were around a decade ago, but how many actually destroyed schools? Some of the worst schools in the City are the result of your interview’s work in creating scores of small disasters in the Bronx. On my blog I maintain a list of career-enders – schools so bad that no one should apply to them. And Nadlestern bears personally responsibility for starting most of them.

]]> By: Leonie Haimson http://gothamschools.org/2008/11/21/planning-ahead-for-the-budget-cuts-three-ideas-from-a-veteran/comment-page-1/#comment-1362 Leonie Haimson Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:14:20 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=5180#comment-1362 The truth is bringing in more students has significant costs in its own way -- leading to higher class sizes, more overcrowding, and less time for each student to get the attention he or she needs to succeed. Even though the state has now mandated that NYC schools aim to reduce class size, Nadelstern's comments reflect how little the DOE takes these goals seriously -- and how little they care about the need to provide a quality education for our kids. The truth is bringing in more students has significant costs in its own way — leading to higher class sizes, more overcrowding, and less time for each student to get the attention he or she needs to succeed.

Even though the state has now mandated that NYC schools aim to reduce class size, Nadelstern’s comments reflect how little the DOE takes these goals seriously — and how little they care about the need to provide a quality education for our kids.

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