Remainders: Some Orthodox Jewish schools flout state ed law

by Philissa Cramer, at 8:43 pm

Many ultra-Orthodox Jewish yeshivas offer little to no secular instruction, despite state law. (DNAInfo)
President Obama’s second-term agenda, laid out on Monday, features school safety. (Politics K-12)
A teacher notes that Mayor Bloomberg has cost the city long before evaluations. (Chaz’s School Daze)
Polls still show that far more New Yorkers trust the UFT over Mayor Bloomberg on schools. (Capital NY)
A principal says the teacher training residency at his school should be a state model. (SchoolBook)
A city teacher shares his Teach for America essays, now older than most applicants. (Gary Rubinstein)
A Brooklyn nonprofit has recommendations about how to boost long-struggling District 16. (BCF)
A nonprofit aimed at helping struggling schools has a new web TV series featuring educators. (PFSA)
The former city schools official who heads New Leaders describes his path to principal training. (Times)
A critique: StudentsFirstNY says it’s too hard to become a teacher, and too easy. (Horace Mann League)
One strategy for education innovation should be to listen to what teachers want, a wonk says. (Eduwonk)
A detailed look inside a Relay Graduate School of Education-trained teacher’s classroom. (SSI Review)
Some states are pressing forward with plans to arm teachers, even as other options succeed. (Atlantic)

Clay

“Polls still show that far more New Yorkers trust the UFT over Mayor Bloomberg on schools.”

Those who trust Bloomberg are probably receiving grant money from him.

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