The City Council grilled DOE officials about their efforts to claim more Medicaid funds. (SchoolBook, Post)
Juan Gonzalez: Parents at P.S. 119 in the Bronx say the city is downplaying its crowding. (Daily News)
Parents at P.S. 119 say they worry the neighborhood can’t handle a new middle school. (Daily News)
A school opening this falls aims to offer high-level computer science to all students. (GothamSchools)
The city’s value-added initiative was an early entrant to a fast-changing national field. (GothamSchools)
A Queens teacher at a top school won a $25,000 award from a national foundation. (Daily News)
Buffalo wants chronically absent students not to factor into new teacher evaluations. (Buffalo News)
A Texas college with many immigrant students doesn’t want to be judged by its graduation rate. (Times)
Los Angeles is banning a reading strategy that involves blindfolding out of abuse fears. (L.A. Times)
Getreal
You mean that if I teach a bunch of kids in an elite, fully-screened racist school about Shakespeare instead of teaching a bunch of kids how to read because they somehow got through elementary and middle school without knowing how to, that I can get $25K from a bunch of right-wingers too?
Wow, I can hardly wait for the Open Market…
Transformation Teacher
The DOE doesn’t care about overcrowding? But accoring to Lehman’s EIS for co-location we are currently working at 117% capacity, so naturally putting a 3rd school in the building is the smart thing to do. But don’t worry according to the EIS by 2016 we will only be at 103% capacity. Maybe then Lehman kids can eat lunch before 2…
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002397245457 Mary Conway-Spiegel
Re: PS 119. Attending the hearing last night the depth of my amazement hit a new high as I found a school that continues to educate children effectively despite resources/facilities that make Early Colonial America seem more advanced–this is NOT an exaggeration.
Transformation Teacher
Actually, it is silly for me to worry about the overcrowding at Lehman. After turnaround, we will no longer be Lehman but “New School” according to our EIS being a “New School” allows us to hire up to 40% of staff from outside the existing pool. I am certain that the 80 or so TFA people they bring in will be able to educate our children in a “highly effective” way, despite any of the obstacles we face.
Guest
Good luck Buffalo, if they did that here NYC would have the highest statistics in the nation.
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