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April 19, 2010
Rise & Shine: Regents could soon empower alt cert programs
- Chancellor Klein says seniority is the next frontier now that the rubber rooms are closing. (Daily News)
- The Regents could vote this week to let alternative certification programs give master’s degrees. (Times)
- The city’s new book-buying policy, intended to save money, cuts out small vendors. (Times)
- A one-time rubber room occupant says he’ll believe the reforms when he sees them. (Daily News)
- The city will shut East New York Preparatory Charter School in June. (GothamSchools, Post)
- Girls at city private schools are joining the Girl Scouts in growing numbers. (Times)
- East Harlemites like Nicholas Tishuk and his new Renaissance Innovation Charter High. (Daily News)
- City students competed in a national robotics tournament in Atlanta this weekend. (NY1)
- Some educators at Teachers College say cell phones can be constructive classroom tools. (NY1)
- Students at Archimedes Academy in the Bronx compete against their teachers in boxing classes. (Times)
- Andy Wolf: NY should skip Race to the Top because it undercuts local education authority. (Daily News)
- The Daily News says that high demand for charter schools is proof the state should allow more of them.
- One of the founders of Educators 4 Excellence explains why she opposes seniority-based layoffs. (Post)
- Letter-writers weigh in on the rubber room agreement, with some questioning its wisdom. (Post)
- A charter school in Massachusetts focuses on philosophy — for elementary-aged children. (Times)
- A top D.C. principal at the front line of reform was found murdered in his home. (Washington Post)
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April 19th, 2010 7:08 am
Is anyone who reads this site surprised to see Rupert Murdoch giving the E4E a platform to spread its Fifth Columnist propaganda?
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April 19th, 2010 8:03 am
I find the linkage of “rubber rooms” to “seniority” particularly distasteful.
The “next frontier” should be test mania.
No wait, funding shortages.
No wait, lack of space.
No wait, record number and percent of graduates needing remedial classes even at the CUNY junior college level.
No wait, bogus planning and forecasting by Tweed.
No wait, a true policy-level analysis by the PEP of the “Close ‘em don’t fix ‘em” strategy that Chicago already ditched.No wait, a Chancellor who should have been replaced long ago.
Then again, according to some, putting the senior teachers on an ice floe cures all.
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April 19th, 2010 6:16 pm
No wait, there’s global warming
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April 19th, 2010 7:16 pm
An ever-growing and largely undisputed body of research indicates that the single most important factor impacting student achievement is teacher quality. In fact, according to widely cited studies by the Dallas Independent School District, having a “highly effective” teacher for three straight years can essentially close the achievement gap between disadvantaged children and their more affluent peers.
So if you say this enough, does it make it true?
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