Posts from Eric Nadelstern
Eric Nadelstern was the Department of Education's most senior deputy chancellor until his retirement in January 2011. He now heads a principal training program at Columbia University's Teachers College.
toward 2014
November 20, 2012
A former top Department of Education official says the next mayor should keep some Bloomberg administration school policies but do away with many others. On the hit list: the Innovation Zone, new learning standards, and using the school board as a rubber-stamp for proposed policies.
The next mayor and schools chancellor will have their work cut out as they endeavor to provide all of our children with the kind of world-class education required for success in the 21st century. Being able to differentiate between what has worked and what has not would be an excellent place to begin. (more…)

