The Post says if Gov. Cuomo ends up imposing evaluations, the UFT is likely to have undue influence.
Parents at P.S. 385 in the Bronx want the city to give their principal time to help the school. (Daily News)
Parents and teachers at other schools made that argument at hearings on Wednesday. (GothamSchools)
After the school bus strike, students with special needs must transition back to routine. (GothamSchools)
The Times says the school bus drivers union should abandon its efforts to save seniority protections.
The Daily News: The union should focus on getting laid-off drivers their jobs back after the failed strike.
A man reportedly tried to lure a third-grader away from P.S. 33 in the Bronx on Thursday. (NY1)
Forest Hills High School has un-suspended the student whose “Harlem Shake” plan went awry. (Post)
Texas is weighing making high school course requirements more flexible, and some are worried. (Times)
A new study of “the nation’s report card” found that Hispanic students’ scores vary across states. (Times)
The same study found that New York students have not improved as quickly as others. (GothamSchools)
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What’s up with the slavery math problems? I feel like I see this story at least once a year… is there a worksheet out there in circulation that people are downloading, or is it a misguided attempt to create “interdisciplinary” work (e.g. history + math) that people independently arrive at over and over again?
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I am honored to say that I was a colleague
of Jane Youn’s. I have never met a teacher who is more dedicated to her
profession. It is clear that she puts her whole heart into the work she does. I
am appalled by the judgment the public and the media are passing on her. The
person I have known her to be is the kind of person that cares and gives to
people. In fact, I know that she spent a portion of her summer volunteering in Haiti
to help after the tsunami occurred. I’ve known her to treat all of her students
with respect, kindness and compassion regardless of their color.
I know that if anyone would sit through
her history lesson they would clearly get the message that slavery was a tragic
injustice that occurred in our history. Perhaps linking her history lesson to her
math lesson was a way to allow students to understand the gravity of the
immense numbers of people who suffered through slavery.
I guess the lesson from this whole
situation is that people are quick to pass judgment on others and this is why
social injustices continues to occur in our society today.
Xpac
So the truth has finally emerged in the PS 59 math homework story.
Parents are rallying around the teacher. Yes, maybe the teacher should have used better judgement, but the real story is this…
You had a grad school teaching assistant who at no point went to the teacher, or the school’s Principal, with her concern.
Instead, she ran to her equally attention seeking college professor, who immediately contacted the media. Again, no professional courtesy or obligation to contact the teacher or the school’s Principal to determine what was happening.
By now everyone has seen this story on NY1 and has seen the actually HW sheet which attributes each question to a specific student in what was clearly a lapsed judgement in trying to tie together social studies and math lessons.
A little communication by this know it all teaching assistant would have gone a long way here. It could have been a learning experience for all. By running to the media, her college professor showed a lack of professionalism as well. And, maybe a Chancellor’s Regulation was broken and he shouldn’t have been shown a worksheet with students names on it in the first place.
Aziza Harding doesn’t seem like the type of person I would want working in my school. I’m sure other teachers and principals have taken note of this as well. Good luck finding a job. Also, maybe learn how to communicate better and not be so quick to judge and jump to conclusions.
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