A dairy industry lobbying group has masterminded a Super Bowl bet between schools. (SchoolBook)
Educators receive some love from a teacher-themed spin-off of the “Hey Girl” Tumblr trend. (Tumblr)
The Common Core’s approach to “pre-reading” conflicts with Doug Lemov’s. (Common Core Watch)
The P.S. 22 chorus joined Mayor Bloomberg at yesterday’s Groundhog Day ceremonies. (Chorus Blog)
High school students share reasons they are protesting plans to close their schools. (NY P.S. Parent)
Former schools chancellor Joel Klein describes his vision for classroom technology. (Huffington Post)
The city teachers union, like Mayor Bloomberg and many others, donated to Planned Parenthood. (UFT)
Advocates call for state’s NCLB waiver application to include ELL supports. (Learning the Language)
A New Hampshire middle school teacher and parent probes the value of homework. (Motherlode)
An association of governors tells Congress to give states more leway in renewed NCLB. (Politics K-12)
Guest
Did us workin shmoes just give half as much as the mayor? Hooray for our side.
Transformation Teacher
Is it just me, or has there been an even larger backlash against the mayor’s school closure policies this year? People really seem to be stepping up in protest. Unfortunately, I am sure that Thursday we will see that the mayor will get his way.
Guest
Finally, my dues are going to a just cause.
Guest
Bloomberg is getting greedy in his closing of schools. Too many, to quick. He is also closing schools that are improving and well liked by the students and their families. He is also closing schools with B’s and A’s. He also has a track record, some in these same neighborhoods. The people who live there saw what happened before. And, the press has turned (slightly) against Bloomberg so there is more attention to these things. This will lead to his downfall.
I think if they close all the schools on the list, there will be major lawsuits. I bet they will ‘save’ a few and then financially starve these schools into failure.
I noticed that…
Joel Klein (former incompetent NYC chancellor) states, “We should be constantly improving based on what works. That’s exactly what New York City is doing in a pilot program called the School of One, which was designed to move from the classroom to the individual student as the focus of instruction.”
This is another ploy to rid the system of teachers and replacing them with computers. Children will not progress emotionally and academically when the human factor and touch are substituted with an android form of an educator.
I send this message to Klein, Murdoch and all those in favor of replacing a teacher with computers: BYTE ME!!
Guest
My students who went to a school of one middle schools are so weak. They have no skills, they don’t know how to behave in the classroom and they don’t understand that they have to do work to pass.
Guest
My students who went to a school of one middle schools are so weak. They have no skills, they don’t know how to behave in the classroom and they don’t understand that they have to do work to pass.
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