Remainders: Albany has time to change laws for RttT, says Tisch

by Maura Walz, at 8:44 pm

Members of District 1′s CEC took a stand against Girls Prep Charter’s expansion on the Lower East Side.
Corey Bunje Bower worries that conversations around merit pay are never totally honest.
Merryl Tisch says the January RttT deadline leaves lawmakers plenty of time to change charter law.
The UFT’s Leo Casey charges the state charter association with putting ideology ahead of schools.
Casey also calls the MTA’s cuts to free student Metro passes “class warfare against poor kids.”
Politics K-12 handicaps state RttT chances according to whether Gates is helping with their application.
The debate over whether students should be tracked is fueled by two new reports.
Norm posts video from the Q&A meeting about the proposed closure of Beach Channel HS.
Joanne Jacobs argues the state should do away with “one size fits all” diploma standards.
And Deborah Meier proposes an alternative way for schools to share data and best practices.

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