Citing philosophical differences, Pedro Noguera has resigned from SUNY’s charter board. (Metropolis)
As a reminder, Noguera had taken heat for his position as a charter authorizer. (GothamSchools)
The GE Foundation is putting $18 million into supporting the Common Core. (Curriculum Matters)
Andy Rotherham: The GE donation is notable because the Common Core is divisive. (School of Thought)
SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher: The state needs to start college prep in early childhood. (SUNY Blog)
An Alabama politician says increasing teacher pay would violate biblical principals. (Think Progress)
Chicago is releasing 15 years of notes from closed-to-the-public school board meetings. (WBEZ)
Also in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in hot water after appearing in a pro-charter film. (Russo)
A draft bill to overhaul No Child Left Behind could cost New York State school funding. (Politics K-12)
Philadelphia rejected disgraced superintendent Arlene Ackerman’s request for unemployment. (Inquirer)
A D.C. principal who ran into trouble was fired from her old job in Texas; here’s why. (Answer Sheet)
Less than 40 percent of city students eligible for free breakfast take advantage of that. (SchoolBook)
Matthew Levey
It’s wonderful that GE is supporting the Common Core standards.
But please let’s be clear that standards are not a curriculum. Standards tell you what the end goals are. The curriculum tells you how to get there, and its quality is directly (and positively) related to the probability that the goals will be achieved.
The standards for the Superbowl are that the team which scores the most points after 60 minutes will win. Touchdowns count for 6 points, Field goals for three, and you’re not allowed to rough the kicker.
But how Eli Manning plan to outwit the Patriots defense? That’s his curriculum, and a touch more complex than just learning the standards of the game.
Simple concept really. But seemingly lost on far too many policy makers and pundits.
That’s absurd. He should start a group and call it “Educators 4 Excellence”…err, guess that one’s already taken.
NYCParent
Congratulations Dr. Noguera! Your decisive action helps make those of us who reject the move to privatize/corporatize public education in this country feel “heard” for a change! Now … if only President Obama would hear us as well, and reject the corporate agenda of Race to the Top from his own Department of Education! Kudos to Diane Ravitch for bringing that into the light in her “Bridging Differences” column this week.
NYCParent
I would prefer if GE would support public education by paying some taxes!
Vote NO!
The ” Common Core” will be another disaster for urban education.
bee
indeed!
Michael M. (parent still)
A variable standard? (Points to win depends on scoring one more than a non-standardized opponent’s quasi-random score.) Doesn’t sound too standardized; it’s expressly “grading on a curve.”
Curriculum would be the playbook.
Eli Manning’s “plan” to outwit the Patriot’s D? Odds are that will come down to creativity, grit, determination, ability to timely put a pigskin on a moving target through a thicket of pot roasts in armor, even after being roughed up on test day. Inspiration above perspiration. And teamwork.
Understandable
You can view the most powerful scenes from both of the Success Academy Charter School Co-location Hearings that led to Mr. Noguera making the decision to resign. After watching these videos it is not difficult to understand why Mr. Noguera made the decision he made. Both Williamsburg and Cobble Hill Communities were ignored by the SUNY Board of Trustees.
Just as Pedro Noguera deserved the criticism he’d received for enabling charter expansion, he deserves praise for publicly renouncing the sham this process represents.
Unlike the Chancellor and others, there was a limit to the deception and hypocrisy he was willing to engage in. Hopefully Professor Noguera will now join those trying to save the public schools from the Moskowitz’s (et. al.) hostile takeover.
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