Remainders: Quick promotion for former DOE official John White

by Philissa Cramer, at 7:53 pm

Ex-DOE official John White got a promotion after eight months as New Orleans’ schools chief. (NOLA)
Predictions and hopes for Mayor Bloomberg’s State of the City address, schools included. (MetroFocus)
A Bronx teacher dishes on the deep pervasiveness of cheating at his school. (NYMag via SchoolBook)
A teacher shares his personal experience with SmartBoards: They limit his reach. (Mr. Foteah)
Another look at the mediocre test scores at a city charter school that pays big bucks. (Gary Rubinstein)
A call to stop all the education bickering, motivated by a student’s death. (Charting My Own Course)
An educator sees tension between how she assesses and wants to be assessed. (Cooperative Catalyst)
A look at fiscal realities that could make Medicaid costs education’s biggest issue. (American Spectator)
The UFT issues a reminder: We sounded the alarm about Believe charter schools years ago. (Edwize)
States crafting new tests signal that they’ll use technology to improve multiple-choice tests. (EdWeek)

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Parents Wall of Shame

http://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2012/01/nyc-principal-hall-of-shame-why-does.html
Tweed Disgust

Oh yea women haters stay alive in the D.O.E. I feel sorry for the women that work there and know this is wrong but need that paycheck so they gotta keep it zipped. You’re PATHETIC!
Michael M. (parent still)

Just curious how New Orleans feels about Mr. White’s pending departure.

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