nightcap
May 24, 2010
Remainders: With less money, fewer choices on the lunch line
- Teachers in withdrawal after last night’s “Lost” finale can try out some lesson plans inspired by the show.
- City Councilman Oliver Koppell showed off a good non-charter school, PS 7, to Mayor Bloomberg today.
- Arguing against seniority layoffs, Chancellor Klein points to Malvola Lewis, a PS 40 teacher who’s at risk.
- Budget cuts could eliminate school choice guides and choices in the cafeteria line for city students.
- The DOE spruced up its homepage a little bit today. Don’t see a difference? Look for the Twitter icons.
- An overview of the myriad reports the DOE puts out about its schools, by a school-searching Mommy.
- Politics, not school quality, appear to have put SUNY in jeopardy as a charter school authorizer.
- New Utrecht HS (which my grandparents attended!) is planning ahead for its 100th birthday in 2015.
- A pro-charter school group reports that unions have long opposed charter schools.
- A Washington Post reporter double-checked some of the data in Steven Brill’s Race to the Top article.
- Randi Weingarten is accusing Brill of fabricating a quote from her. Brill is mystified by the charge.
- Folks who don’t win Race to the Top can at least win Race to High-Quality Research funding.
- Flypaper blogger and USDOE aide Andy Smarick will be New Jersey’s deputy education commissioner.
- PS 29 mom Claiborne Williams Milde reports on celebrity chef Rachel Ray’s visit to the school’s garden.
- Massachusetts, which has tough standards, kind of has to agree to new standards sight unseen. Crazy!
- The coming common standards don’t say anything about English language learners.
- Bad news for the MySpaceTwitterChatroulette generation: Multitasking isn’t good for kids’ brains.
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http://nyceducator.com NYC Educator
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http://www.davidcbloomfield.com David C. Bloomfield
Feb. 10: You’re invited!
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