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November 22, 2010

Rise & Shine: Half of Chelsea seniors retaking classes online

by Philissa Cramer, at 5:17 am

Cathie Black report:

  • If Black isn’t approved, no one else will want to be chancellor, Mayor Bloomberg said. (Post)
  • Tension with Bloomberg might have caused Joel Klein to resign, insiders say. (Daily News)
  • The Bloomberg administration’s lack of prepared supporters for Black was atypical. (City Hall)
  • David Steiner has convened an advisory panel on Black’s waiver. (GothamSchools, WSJ, NY1)
  • Several members of the panel have worked for Bloomberg in the past. (Times, Daily News)
  • Black approved significant — and some say profligate — perks for Coke executives. (Daily News)
  • If appointed, Black will start her tenure by cutting costs. (Post)
  • The Daily News says Black should be appointed to keep mayoral control meaningful.
  • Bob Herbert says Black’s appointment is a sign of what’s wrong with American education. (Times)

In other news:

  • Chelsea HS is letting students retake failed classes online so they can graduate. (WNYC)
  • At the New American Academy, teachers will stay with students for six years. (Daily News)
  • The city filed a new memorandum in favor of releasing teachers’ value-added scores. (Post)
  • Parents from five Brownstone Brooklyn schools protested against the scores’ release. (NY1)
  • Like most places, Chicago hasn’t figured out how to make struggling schools better. (Times)
  • The common characteristic in charter school research is flawed methodology. (WSJ)
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  • http://SchoolhouseMingle.com Eli

    Although many colleges and universities have submitted to the semester long online class, there’s no way online courses that are crammed in at the end of the day could possibly make up for the comprehensive coverage provided by a teacher. Also, with reading levels being as low as they are for many of our students, working independently can prove to be an enormous challenge. On the other hand, Millenials (those born between the early 80′s and early 2000′s) have an uncanny ability to sit in front of a computer and soak in content like a sponge…while also sexting, listening to the I-pod and “AIM-ing”.

  • Michael M.

    Maybe Bloomberg’s right: there aren’t that many ambitious and egotistical sychophants to choose from. It’s a tricky mix.

  • Tim

    Dear Mayor Bloomberg,

    You have your backstop! If Cathie “with an ‘ie’ ” Black is denied a waiver, and you can’t find anyone else in the world to do the job, I am willing to become the chancellor of New York City’s school system.

    I don’t have any experience other than my own time spent in public schools, and I would have to vow not to give my own children in the system any preferential treatment, but I am up for the challenge if Nadlestern, Oprah, John Legend, Moskowitz, et. al. are not.  

    Thank you. 

  • Michael M.

    I’m afraid Tim just knocked himself out of contention. Too modest.

  • Ronald

    I have been a manager at a local McD’s for a number of years. I feel that I am more than qualified to. “manage” the NYC schools in case Cathie gets turned down.

  • Ellen

    I still don’t believe that there isn’t a plan B (for Bloomberg?) in all of this. There is no way Mayor B would have been caught out like this if he hadn’t had a plan. He is too much of a planner to have discounted the possibility of a backlash.

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