Former “chief mom” Martine Guerrier is running for Hakeem Jeffries’ Assembly seat. (Politicker NY)
Thoughts on the fairness of charter school lotteries by the head of a charter school. (Mike Goldstein)
An educator reflects on the challenge of getting started in the Common Core in math. (Charter Notebook)
Andy Rotherham lists five things teachers could learn from the U.S. Marines. (School of Thought)
Louisiana teachers got permission to use a training day to protest evaluation proposals. (Teacher Beat)
An incomplete, redacted schedule from 2009 for Ed Sec Arne Duncan, released this week. (Russo)
As the NCAA tourney gets underway, Duncan issues a stern grad rate warning. (Schooled in Sports)
The city posted new help wanted ads for teachers, touting a potential $25,000 signing bonus. (Idealist)
A father offers a long answer to his child’s question, “Why did you want to be a teacher?” (NYCDOEnuts)
Touching notes that a teacher has received from current and former students. (Mr. Foteah)
Vote NO!
Regarding the $25,000 incentive the city is offering prospective teachers:
Which employer would have to offer any type of recruitment bonus in “this” labor market?
Which employer would have to include a “link” to all the possible ways to obtain “alternative certification” in “this” labor market?
Which employer would have to maintain a program where new teachers will have their Masters degrees paid for (The Teaching Fellows) in “this” labor market?
What is the city going to have to do when the labor market improves to say.. “7% unemployment,” and the new teacher evaluation law is terminating thousands of city teachers each year?—Maybe it can “throw in” a new car, or 5 years rent or mortgage payments?
GUest
Charter lotteries already imply that the parent is involved enough in the student’s education to enter the lottery. This of course is not the case with a HUGE percentage of NYC parents, none of whom read this blog. Those students become over-the-counters and are sent to the remaining large high schools which have received low grades. No parent involvement generally, though not always, means no success in school. Thus charters DO NOT take the same students as everyone else. Simple.
guest
If they really wanted to improve education and adhere to fairness, the state would change teacher tenure to 7 years and allow educators to practice in their field collaboratively. Once the new changes take effect, there will be more tension in the schools and across grade levels. Believe it or not but self interest will trump collegiality. Schools are not a business and children are not products to be manufactured.
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