A report from a journalist who wasn’t shut out of Lehman’s first closure meeting. (Bronx Press Politics)
The new voice of “Dora the Explorer” is a public school student from Sunnyside, Queens. (Post)
The principal of Manhattan’s I.S. 89 is an avid tennis player and viewer who dislikes violent TV. (Times)
Urban parents who homeschool say the choice represents the ultimate in differentiation. (Newsweek)
For the first time, the city has published a full directory of elementary school programs. (Insideschools)
A primer on the city’s new sex ed curriculum the day before its mandate kicks in. (WNYC/SchoolBook)
Charter parent activist Mona Davids’s daughter says, “My mother is my lobbyist.” (NYStudentsFirst.org)
An official with the city’s all-girls Public Prep charter schools is accused of stealing funds. (SchoolBook)
Photos from a Cobble Hill school building as a charter school prepares to move in. (Inside Colocation)
A city teacher laments that teachers are taught to “shut up and teach” without protest. (GS Community)
Policy changes in the last few years have causedEast Village schools to become less diverse. (DNA Info)
The Gates Foundation says characteristics, not size, make small schools succeed. (Impatient Optimists)
The product of a Maryland district’s choice program on her mother’s non-ideological choices. (Atlantic)
Transformation Teacher
Thank you for posting the Bronx Press article. It was a very inspiring night, especially hearing students speak on the issues.
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Hey, here’s a fun fact: Walcott didn’t once criticized APPR back in 2010 -after it was introduced and while it was being debated…not once!
…And he was the friggin’ NYC Deputy Mayor for Education at the time!!
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