A new report by Scholastic and the Gates Foundation details how hard teachers work. (Hechinger)
The author of “Hip-Hop Education” contrasts a jail school and an arts school. (Providence Phoenix)
Pittsburgh’s teacher residency collapsed after the union withdrew its support. (Education Sector)
An Upper West Side magnet school emphasizes tech-driven project-based learning. (DNA Info)
Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch visited a Staten Island charter school Thursday. (S.I. Advance)
An elected parent council in Queens passed a resolution against high-stakes testing. (NYC P.S. Parents)
A teacher at a selective school says the TDRs might finally start dialogue on pressure. (GS Community)
Randi Weingarten reflects on what the United States can learn from school reform abroad. (The Nation)
The latest installment in a series by a mother who wound up producing the school play. (SchoolBook)
Those who student-taught in top city schools stayed in teaching longer. (Inside School Research)
A school librarian in Connecticut reenacted “The Hunger Games” in a YouTube video. (Russo)
Guest
Not sure why the GS title implies that the teacher’s union was at fault for the collapse of the teacher residency in PA. The article explains that there was a budget shortfall and the district had the final say.
“The state of Pennsylvania was projecting a budget shortfall of some $4 billion,
which was sure to cause painful cutbacks in education throughout the
state, including layoffs in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Federation of
Teachers (PFT), which had originally endorsed the residency, was now
saying that it could not support new recruits if existing teachers were
going to be let go. District officials felt they had no choice but to
agree. So on June 18, they announced that they were cancelling the
program.”
anonymous
I’m glad my school is one of these turnaround schools. Now I’m going to try to get a job in a school that isn’t labeled P.ersistently L.ow A.cheiving (even though our graduation stats are now above the city average). Instead of wasting one of my precious few free periods every day in S.L.C. meetings, I can have a period for teacher prep instead, like the old days. Instead of having to stay an hour late every week for “professional development” I can spend that time doing many other useful things. I can get a job in a school where we don’t have to pray we don’t get closed down every single damn year. Farewell New York City Department of Education and all the Bloomberg lies.
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