Bloomberg suggested that arbitrators in misconduct hearings ruled in favor of the union. (Politicker)
A psychologist’s prescription for parents who want to help their children with homework. (Answer Sheet)
An art teacher encourages students to incorporate design and math lessons into their work. (Schoolbook)
The rating for a film about bullying was lowered, meaning teenagers can finally watch it. (MSNBC)
Francis Lewis High School is hosting an ‘unconference’ on teaching for city educators in May. (EdCamp)
When lured with cash, students excelled in Advanced Placement programs. (Inside School Research)
Tennessee lawmakers voted to ban teacher evaluation data from public, parents. (Commercial Appeal)
A new study suggests that Upper West Side school overcrowding could soon get even worse. (DNA Info)
Chicago Teachers Union leaders in contract talks say members would support a strike. (Tribune)
D.C. officials are celebrating more accurate data as graduation rates decline. (Quick and the Ed)
The number of Atlanta schools suspected of test fraud has dropped significantly since 2009. (AJC)
GothamSchools is joining the city schools next week for (mostly) a week off. Enjoy spring break!
http://twitter.com/nycdoenuts nycdoenuts
The bio that the DOE gave the Queens Chronicle isn’t quite complete. Gillian Smith (the new August Martin principal) was up until Thursday, the leader of my school’s support network.
It has no bearing on my job in the classroom at all, but it might be worth mentioning that I now count three people from the network structure who have taken jobs as principals in these schools -and two of them are current network leaders.Vivian Selenikas and now Gillian Smith have become principals again (Marisol Bradbury was a network leader who went to work for Tweed, but she comes through the network structure and she’s a principal (again) as well).
So why are all these network leaders taking demotions at the same time? I wonder if any more ‘new’ principals for the now 26 schools will come from network leader positions.
Transformation Teacher
Also interesting that these same network leaders allowed these schools to “fail,” and now they are being put in charge.
Ellen Mc Hugh
maybe they were unhappy at Tweed and prefer to be n schools doing the nitty gritty of leading a school?
Nycdoenuts
Sure, of course.
And all at the same time!
OhMyEd
I hope those in the NYCDOE (front lines staff) understand what’s coming, another, yet ANOTHER reorganization. Why else would you see Network staff going back into buildings. Network leaders are among the first to hear about upcoming changes, and prepare appropriately. In this case going back where it’s safest – that is in schools.
Vote NO!
From the Article about Tennessee keeping teacher evaluation private:
”The Tennessee House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to keep teacher
evaluation scores out of the public eye, sending the bill to Gov. Bill
Haslam to sign barely four weeks after the effort began.
Haslam is expected to sign, according to his spokesman, David Smith.
“Teachers are in such a frenzy about this evaluation system, period,” said Clara Ford,
a librarian at Kirby High. “A lot of teachers will be judged according
to how the teachers in core subjects do. I don’t think that is fair,”
she said.
The House passed the bill 93-0 Thursday. The Senate passed it 28-0 last week.”
Apparently ALL of the lawmakers in ” Right-wing, Red state” Tennessee are now “concerned” about the privacy of their state’s public school teachers…. That is highly unlikely. The truth is all of these “Race to the Top” inspired teacher evaluation laws are total disasters. New York’s new APPR is one of those laws. The lawmakers don’t want the public to see just how bad these laws are as they ruin the careers of countless educators across this country.
Bnm
You can’t give this job to a new principal with no track record of success. Network leaders and directors in tweed breed leadership it is why they were promoted to begin with. The demotion is a inner choice for the person who feels like they can make a direct difference in these turnaround school. Best of luck to they’re new task and to those kids.
Joecamcath
Please note that the UFT Paper has no articles on any of these closing school situtaions, how senior teaches are being harassed, these fake closing hearings and the upcoming PEP meeting. If you read the UFT paper, you come away thinking that the biggest issue concerning education in NYC today are cuts to the childcare system. This is truly hopeless.
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