Portland, Ore., collects all parent donations and redistributes them across the entire city. (SchoolBook)
Dinged because of its anti-union stances, StudentsFirst extended an olive branch to the unions. (HuffPo)
Among the 23 1/2 “big ideas” of 2012 is a call for teacher training to resemble boot camp. (Atlantic)
New Orleans could be on the hook for years of back pay to teachers fired after Hurricane Katrina. (T-P)
A city teacher characterizes the teacher data shield bill is yet another loss for the UFT. (Accountable Talk)
The first-ever Broad Prize for charter management groups went to a Texas-based network. (Eduwonk)
The office that examined charters’ special ed enrollment is looking at ELLs, too. (Learning the Language)
Voting is open now for a contest to honor schools with innovative instruction. (Teaching Matters)
Guest
nice portlandia reference
David Dunn
Three thoughts:
1. Love the NOLA lawsuit victory. Pay the workers that were illegally terminated after Katrina!
2. Rhee is still full of it…and irrelevant. She should exit the stage like the DC citizens voted for.
3. GS should link to the YouTube video (or DN article) showing a 68 year old grandma being abused by a group of kids on a school bus. Let it serve as an example that it’s not easy working in a school assisting with someone else’s children…and sometimes kids can act in a disgusting fashion. That video should make everyone mad!
http://ednotesonline.blogspot.com/ Norm
In the current world of teacher bashing if that were a teacher the very same video would lead to vilification of that teacher.
Jjkemp
What an idiotic statement. Take a break from your outrage and act like a human being for a moment.
The teacher made them do it
You’re so right. I’m surprised the teachers of the students weren’t blamed for the behavior on that bus. The teacher made them do it!
A parent
The GothamSchools summary misrepresents the Schoolbook article. In fact, it states, “30 cents of every dollar raised [at a school] after the first $10,000 must be passed on to the citywide foundation.” 30% is very different from “all”.
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