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Rise & Shine: What’s up with UFT contract talks? Not much

  • A DOE report shows that city charter schools overall are doing worse than district schools. (Daily News)
  • A report suggests that many states, including NY, set standards lower than national test. (Times, Post, WSJ)
  • Because it’s an election year, UFT contract talks are staying quiet and big changes aren’t likely. (Times)
  • Today is the deadline for principals to hire teachers or have their budgets cut. (Daily News)
  • Today is also the last day for schools to fill their pre-K classes or send money back to the state. (NY1)
  • CBS-TV finds a Lehman High School student whose math grade mysteriously jumped from 55 to 75.
  • Two schools gave students H1N1 vaccines without their parents’ permission. (Times, Daily News)
  • New state education chief David Steiner says too much testing is bad for students. (Buffalo News)
  • Downtown Express visits the two new elementary schools inside Tweed and interviews their principals.
  • The DOE might fill the schools with temporary zoning instead of a lottery next year. (Downtown Express)
  • District 3′s overcrowding battle continued during a contentious meeting last week. (West Side Spirit)
  • The Community Education Council for District 8 is still short four members. (Bronx Times Reporter)
  • College enrollment is higher than ever. (Times)
  • The D.C. Council says Michelle Rhee hired new teachers despite looming cuts. (Washington Post)
  • In a letter, Randi Weingarten responds to criticism about the New Haven teachers contract. (Post)
  • A Baltimore Sun reader says Baltimore principals need more support, like what NYC principals get.
  • http://reality-basededucator.blogspot.com Reality-Based Educator

    So according to the DOE’s own accountability data, charter school’s perform worse than traditional schools in helping students progress on tests.

    And traditional schools enroll 4 times as many ELL students and 70% more special ed students than charters.

    And yet the charter school hacks continue to hawk charter schools as the cure for all education ills.

    It will be interesting to see how Zuckerman’s editorial writers rationalize this news story from it’;s own pages the next time they write a “Lift the Cap” editorial.

    As for the Post, they’ll do what Murdoch outlets always do – ignore news story that don’t fit their “Fair and Balanced” agenda and continue to spread the lies of the powerful (i.e., Gates, Broad, Bloomberg, Jobs, et al.) to the gullible powerless.

  • Diana Senechal

    Here’s a link to the DOE report itself.

  • http://www.elfrank.com jelfrank

    your link to the DOE report is not working…

  • Diana Senechal
  • http://historyintheboldsilk.publice.net/ Erin Coopey

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