The next generation of testing will attempt to assess learning for phys ed and the arts. (Slate)
A tale of two PTAs show what parents can and can’t do for their school principals. (Schoolbook)
Developers hope there’s an app for whistler-blowers who want to report bullying. (Mashable)
At the opening of an art gallery featuring student work, Bloomberg waxed poetic. (CapitalNY)
Hakeem Jeffries can’t shake his opponent despite endorsement and money advantages. (Gonzalez)
Congress is trying to deal with NCLB’s mandate for “highly qualified teacher.” (Answer Sheet)
Horace Mann’s administration has been “cooperative” with investigators on abuse reports. (WNYC)
Some parents pick schools specifically for after-school programs, now getting cut. (Insideschools)
On gentrification, some might hear “integration” but others still see a social dilemma. (Slate)
An immigrant principal in the Bronx prides himself on helping newcomers excel. (DNAInfo)
PJ
Testing in art, PE, theater, and dance? Wow, what a great way to turn kids off from ever actually trying to be creative. These new “tests” have nothing to do with student learning and are simply designed to “prove” that a teacher is “ineffective” and should be fired. How much longer will this nonsense go on before parents finally put an end to it? (And it will have to be up to the parents since the ed-deformers do not have a care in the world about what teachers in the classroom actually have to say) However, when parents in Scarsdale and Larchmont start having to comfort their crying children who hate going to school every day, people will take notice.
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