Jane Addams High School teachers say the city is to blame for the crediting scandal there. (SchoolBook)
Chicago is considering joining the Gates charter-district compact that New York is already in. (Catalyst)
About that rampant cheating on the SAT? Students and educators actually say it’s rare. (NPR)
Also rare: sexting. Just 1 percent of students ages 10-17 have ever sent racy pictures by cell phone. (AP)
The New York State Labor History Association honored UFT President Michael Mulgrew. (Labor Notes)
The Florida school board member who took — and bombed — a state test speaks out. (Answer Sheet)
A Queens Republican is the first to say Mayor Bloomberg’s class size math makes total sense. (Courier)
Says Judy: Sometimes questions about school rules aren’t about rules but about ethics. (Insideschools)
Like much of his beliefs, Newt Gingrich’s education platform has been all over the map. (Politics K-12)
Rick Hess on why education innovation tends to “crash and burn” and what can be done. (Straight Up)
http://twitter.com/MaryConwaySpieg Mary Conway-Spiegel
Jane Addams and most large High Schools in the Bronx are casualties of the Mayor/ Former Chancellor. In word, Bloomberg/Klein would deny and denounce they want Bronx High Schools to fail, but in deed? Measure the actions.
Once the “No Model” “plan” was assigned to Addams in the summer, the writing was on the wall. Then, to add insult to injury, Career Technical High Schools, were starved, ignored and abandoned while New York City–in fact the entire United States–became obsessed with “College For All.”
Many CTE Principals/Leaders do not have experience leading CTE schools/programs. With the addiction to “College For All” many CTE schools were forced to put vocational/career training on the back burner just to get students ready to pass tests and graduate; much of the CTE focus turned to graduation rates/academics. Finally, schools like Addams, Gompers, Dodge and others enroll many more at-risk students than other “successful” High Schools (Comprehensive or CTE).
Today student loan debt is the next HUGE bubble waiting to burst. Drop out rates are up in High Schools and Colleges and students who haven’t been “College Ready” for years are defaulting on their loans.
Imagine an alternative news article, one that praises the DOE for supporting multiple pathways to success for ALL students. Imagine reading, in today’s desperate economy that has crippled career opportunities for our youth: ”…Bronx Career Technical High Schools/Large Comprehensive High Schools with their endless program offerings special learning streams, sports teams and spacious state of the art facilities are still the most successful in New York City…”
Pogue
Imagine kids didn’t have to travel all over the city for a “special-subject” high school that’s geared towards tests anyway.
Imagine kids walking to school or taking a short bus ride.
Imagine a neighborhood getting behind that school and supporting it for the good of that community.
Imagine mayoral control were done away with.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=711858292 Paul Rubin
7 classes a day adds up? Works for me. I’ll simply stop giving tests and homework. No more lesson plans. Hell no more preparation at all. Contacting parents? When?
Politicians certainly know how to make fools of themselves. But given that we were all students at some point and interacted with teachers, it should come as no surprise to any of us that our actual face time in the traditional classroom with children is only one component of our job.
http://twitter.com/MaryConwaySpieg Mary Conway-Spiegel
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