A film about a school’s move from Bushwick to Governor’s Island won an Emmy. (Harbor School)
A teacher stresses greater urgency to quickly align Core standards to state assessments. (SchoolBook)
A childhood accident and early union jobs informed Steve Barr’s approach to charters. (Hechinger)
Alterman is “baffled” by Joel Klein and Condi Rice’s national security education report. (The Nation)
Tennessee wants to ban teacher evaluations not just to the public, but parents, too. (Teacher Beat)
Late graduates smoke less and vote more than those who obtain GEDs, a study shows. (Jacobs)
Trayvon Martin’s death sparked an unlikely civic engagement from a Bronx class. (SchoolBook)
And hooded students in Crown Heights took to the web to speak about racial injustice. (YouTube)
SED awarded $12.9 million in contracts to develop K-5 curriculum tied to Common Core (NYSED)
Our rockstar public hearing reporter is once again tweeting from turnaround schools. (GS Twitter)
bee
A few years ago, we visited the harbor school, when it was still in Bushwick. I thought at the time, that the curriculum was very exciting, innovative and certainly the antithesis of the high-stakes test driven drivel which is the hallmark of Mayor Bloomberg’s corporate education “philosophies.” Pray tell, Mr. Decker, where does Bloomberg come into the “Bloomberg school documentary?” I don’t see any mention of him in the school’s history, or the film link. Why are you calling the Harbor School, “a Bloomberg school? “
bee
Mr. Decker, regarding your headline, why “Bloomberg school?”
Gdecker
“the film features Mayor Bloomberg and Harbor School staff, student and supporters – highlighting the school’s historic move from Bushwick, Brooklyn to Governors Island.”
bee
Thanks for responding. I think the headline is somewhat misleading though.
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