Comments on: After 18 months, Klein outlines plan for NewsCorp’s ed division

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:58:00 +0000

Linda, LOVE your letter to Joel “Slime” you rock!

Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito”
“do not give in to evil but proceed ever more boldly against it.”

By: Guest

Guest — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:52:00 +0000

it was funded by foundations

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:20:00 +0000

In a NY Times article, he added, “I’m candid that if this isn’t embraced by teachers in America, it won’t work.”

I left him a message:

Dear Mr. Klein:

I am an educator and a parent and I don’t embrace anything being promoted and sold by you or Murdoch. You do not care about children, teaching and learning. You care about profits, profits, profits.

Stay away from our children. I don’t trust anyone associated with a company that hacked into the cell phone of a missing, murdered 13 year old.

I will collect and track student results the old fashioned way. I will get to know each of my students as individuals with dreams, strengths, goals and opinions. We will create individual portfolios with writing samples and journal entries. We will read fiction, non fiction, memoirs, news articles, essays, short stories, poems. We will share ideas, opinions and create long term projects: research, book trailers, original plays, book blogs, etc.

As a teacher it is my responsibility to be data informed NOT data driven. I promise you I will not waste time staring at a computer, tablet or wireless device.

Instead I will look at my students and see and hear them. So, I will tell you now I take a pass on your “digital learning tools” and instead I will use my brain, my instincts and my 26 years of teaching experience to guide me, something the faux reformers (you, Rhee, Bloomberg, Sternberg) know nothing about.

By: Michael Fiorillo

Michael Fiorillo — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 01:16:00 +0000

Klein has apparently helped the ghoulish Murdoch successfully flaunt responsibility for the hacking of a murdered child’s cell phone, among many other crimes: now he’s helping Murdoch potentially sink his fangs into millions of children.

The hypocrisy and moral corruption it all requires a muckraking satirist to do it justice, and even then it might exceed the reach of the most cynical observer. These are very bad people doing very bad things, and getting richly rewarded for it.

By: Jjman36

Jjman36 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:46:00 +0000

Klein and Rup, you have to be kidding me right? When do the good guys ride in?

By: food for thought

food for thought — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:38:00 +0000

We will now all see what happened to the $1 BILLION Klein moved to fund his Izone initiative of 200 new Izone schools 2 days AFTER tendering his resignation as Chancellor. Why has he been given a pass on the ethics violation/conflicts about steering this money to a company that he helped orchestrate its takeover by News corp?

By: Mary Conway-Spiegel

Mary Conway-Spiegel — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:20:00 +0000

1. ARIS? ARIS was a monumental waste of money…Most parents I know or advocate for either a. don’t know about ARIS or b. don’t use it. ARIS is the claim to fame?

2. Now more? ”There is no one sector-specific solution here.” There have been no solutions…we’ve sampled the wares for a decade and still our youth need remediation when they get to college.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:54:00 +0000

Because he thinks we’re stupid and we represent a flow of tax dollars into his pocket. He could care less about our children.

By: guest

guest — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:44:00 +0000

He joined the NYC DOE and worked to destroy it which to a degree he did. He joined News Corp and it is on its way to destruction. Now he’s trying to tell the world he is an educator. He is evil, always has been and always will be.

By: David Dunn

David Dunn — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:36:00 +0000

Klein didn’t “partner” with educators and parents while he was Chancellor, why should we buy his tripe now?

By: Arthur

Arthur — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:18:00 +0000

We are all making really good comments. It is now time to hold our public officials responsible for making sure our money is well spent. We are getting upset and making comments yet it helps little when we see public education being turned over to public for profit organizations. I want elected officials who profess to be concerned about the public good to act in the public interest. Simply stated look at the issues and make informed educated decisions based on what is morally and ethically correct.

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:46:00 +0000

That flushing sound you hear is our tax dollars going down the toilet. Is Murdoch really responsible for the ARIS boondoggle or did he aquire the company later?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:41:00 +0000

One Question Klein…what’s your definition of an “expert and educator”? Bloomberg? Rhee?
You? As a parent, I will talk to the teachers before I get advice from your or your bloviating cronies.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:38:00 +0000

Will someone interpret that last paragraph for me?

It sounds like a bunch of BS to make it seem like they want input from teachers, but who believes those lies? Another ploy by two self-appointed faux educators looking to get rich off the taxpayers.

Will they hack into these wireless devices like the cell phone of the missing murdered 13 year old girl?

When Murdoch wants to be involved in profitting (oops I mean educating) off of our children, something is definitely wrong.

Stay away from our schools and our children. We don’t need or want your self-serving advice.

By: I noticed that...

I noticed that... — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:35:00 +0000

I feel that Klein is sending a subliminal message to the public in the above advertisement. He’s really saying “Welcome to Amplify” the $ Profit at News Corporation through the Wireless Generation that children will provide.