Remainders: On John Dewey HS’s last day, a sad history lesson

by Philissa Cramer, at 8:01 pm

John Dewey HS, which graduates its last class today, began as a beacon of optimism. (Brooklyn Bureau)
Relay Graduate School of Education is different: competency-based, flipped, and growing. (Ed Next)
A Beijing native says her schooling left her ill-equipped to think creatively or problem-solve. (Atlantic)
A parent asks why some principals might not penalize cheaters and what she can do. (Insideschools)
The head of a charter school opening this fall lists the tasks that come after approval. (Charter Notebook)
At Manhattan’s Facing History School, students hold mock trials of genocidal leaders. (SchoolBook)
As tests move online, districts are able and willing to require more of them each year. (Hechinger)
More than 500 school districts across the country are now using Google Chromebooks. (TechCrunch)
Books used in some Christian schools use the Loch Ness Monster to disprove evolution. (Answer Sheet)
Illinois is standing by a criticized tougher cutoff score on its teacher credentialing exam. (Teacher Beat)
A teacher at a “turnaround” school describes the emotional impact of the process. (GS Community)
With little left to do, a teacher explains how he keeps his room safe over the summer. (NYC Educator)
A teacher posts a heartfelt plea from an eighth-grader who is facing being held back again. (Prelife)

http://www.facebook.com/people/Tommy-Calderon/100000263260717 Tommy Calderon

Re: Illinois cutoff scores: What color you are should have absolutely no effect on whether you are qualified to be an educator. If you are qualified, you are, if you are not, you are not. It is these types of practices that allow the public to question the qualifications of teachers and open up the door to the ridiculous teacher evaluation schemes being considered.
How can decreasing the rigor requirements for teachers be viewed as anything but hypocritical??????
Guest

tommy in our us apartheid education system those minority candidates has disproportionatly higher number of inneffective teachers – hence the cycle continues

i agree break the cycle keep the entry bar for evry child’s teacher high!

it wont level the plying field but it will help
Pogue

So, does that principal involved in the student’s drowning death, banned from being hired by public schools, but hired by a NYC charter school make charter schools private?

Or is it the creaming?

Or is it the the attrition rate of kicking “stat-lowering’ students out of their school?

Or is it the extra money they beg for and get from SUNY while other schools take cuts?

Could someone in education please answer these questions for me…Calling all hedge-funders. Help us out.

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