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September 28, 2011
Panelist’s charter school link is criticized at ‘Miseducation’ event
Pedro Noguera and Karen Sprowal talk after the "Miseducation Nation" panel ended.
Panel members at an event critiquing current school reform policies last night criticized testing, large classes, and charter schools — and also a university professor sharing the stage with them.
More than 100 people filled a school auditorium in Manhattan to attend the four-member “Miseducation Nation” panel, which was convened in response to – and got its mocking namesake from – NBC’s “Education Nation” summit, a two-day event that wrapped up earlier that day at Rockefeller Center.
Pedro Noguera, an NYU professor who studies urban education, was invited to speak on the panel and for most of the evening, he was on the same page as his fellow panelists, historian Diane Ravitch, Leonie Haimson of Class Size Matters, and teacher Brian Jones of the Grassroots Education Movement. They all criticized policymakers for adopting reform ideas that they said were not working – and ignoring alternative ones, such as smaller class sizes and culturally-relevant curriculum, that they said would improve schools.
The panel also criticized the media coverage, which they characterized as biased toward current reform policies. The event was hosted by Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, a national media advocacy group. ”We feel beleaguered and we feel there is only one story told repeatedly in the mainstream media,” Haimson said.
More than 100 people, many of which were teachers and parents, packed into the auditorium at P.S. 66 School of the Future.
When moderator Laura Flanders opened up questioning to the audience, criticism quickly turned on Noguera, a board member of the SUNY Charter School Institute, which oversees many of New York City’s most prominent charter schools.
Veteran teacher Michael Fiorillo first brought up the subject when he asked Noguera to explain how he could support opening charter schools, while at the same time being such a vocal opponent of closing the ones that they replace. (more…)
Success Charter Network advertising for open spots at new, current schools
With all the talk of budget cuts and the hiring freeze, it’s difficult to remember that some city schools are hiring. But there was an eye-catching reminder on the New York Times’ home page yesterday — a bright orange and blue ad from the Success Charter Network asking for applicants.
Success Charter spokeswoman Jennifer Sedlis said the recruitment drive is aimed at attracting applicants for next school year, when Eva Moskowitz, the network’s founder, plans to open three more schools. Harlem Successes 5, 6, and 7 are steps in Moskowitz’s goal to open 40 of her charter schools in Harlem in the next decade.
“We will have a lot of new positions,” Sedlis said. (more…)
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