So did Michael Mulgrew, head of the United Federation of Teachers, in new detail. (GothamSchools)
The Post says state ed chief John King should discard Mulgrew’s and Logan’s letters in his “circular file.”
Diane Ravitch urged city principals to join a protest against the state’s evaluation law. (GothamSchools)
Students staged a walkout and protest against the city’s planned school closures. (GothamSchools, NY1)
Students defended faltering Academy of Business and Community Development. (GothamSchools, NY1)
Discovery High School in the Bronx closed an urban farming program beloved by students. (Daily News)
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“ Regarding the NY Times story about “large high schools.”
The small schools are staffed by many new, teachers, who often feel a tremendous amount of pressure to have “high passing rates.” Bill Gates put up a lot of money to start many of these school., then stopped the funding. Now he funds a study that says his “money wasn’t wasted.” Yet, at some point he decided to stop funding small schools. If he thought they were such a success, why didn’t he continue to fund them?
guest
Bloomie is starving the big schools with bigger budget cuts. They want the buildings for charter schools.
The thing is, the top larger schools have PTA’s that are strong, loyal and are filled with very powerful people. Hopefully these groups will hold off the worst intill Bloomberg is gone.
SickofBloomberg
Everyone should file the New York Post in their circular file. The New York Post is indicative of the lowering academic standards it claims to oppose. Its writing is an example of everything a good writer should never do and students would benefit more from reading comic books. How ironic that they feel qualified to express opinions about academic issues.
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SickofBloomberg
Students protesting, parents protesting, teachers protesting, principals protesting. Evidently Bloomberg and Cuomo do know better than everyone else. Nothing like democracy at work.
Today’s lesson learned: Lobbying works and money rules.
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