Posts tagged "nightcap"
by Philissa Cramer,
at 8:20 pm
- Mayor Bloomberg blamed attack ads by the UFT for his low schools approval rating. (Politicker NY)
- Chicago came close to printing a student-designed gang sign-ridden parking sticker. (Tribune via Russo)
- Staten Island parents are upset that the borough chief won’t visit slated-to-close P.S. 14. (SchoolBook)
- Watch a polished presentation about applying to kindergarten by one of the city’s experts. (Insideschools)
- Tucked into today’s journalism news: A high-stakes evaluation plan for Patch reporters. (Romenesko)
- A cheat sheet for education details in President Obama’s budget proposal next week. (Politics K-12)
- A Stuyvesant HS teacher took issue with 10 of 45 questions on a recent state math test. (Gary Rubinstein)
- A group of R.I. schools found summer tutoring stemmed the precollege “melt.” (Starting an Ed School)
- For some reason, the Census Bureau defines care by fathers as child care, not parenting. (Motherlode)
- The U.S. DOE aims to study the effectiveness of teacher training programs on test scores. (Answer Sheet)
- A class talk about reading raises a question a teacher can’t answer, but a student can. (Core Knowledge)
- Summarizing a working paper that explores which teachers principals fired and why. (Shanker Blog)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 8:24 pm
- A teacher outlines what he likes and doesn’t like about the state’s teacher evaluation law. (DOENuts)
- Pallas: The evaluations pose deep tension between fairness and efficiency. (GS Community/Hechinger)
- The AFT, Randi Weingarten’s national union, endorsed President Obama for reelection. (Teacher Beat)
- But Norm Scott predicts rank-and-file members will be less likely to hit Allentown in 2012. (Ed Notes)
- A Washington Irving HS teacher offers a deeply personal argument against school closures. (Edwize)
- Legacy HS students’ organized closure protests were seeded in an after-school program. (SchoolBook)
- The vice president of P.S. 161′s PTA reiterates the school’s recent history as it faces truncation. (EdVox)
- An teacher finds many students with long commutes at a school facing turnaround. (Chaz’s School Daze)
- A list of schools in all four outer boroughs that might still have space. (Insideschools 1, 2, 3)
- The principal of Arts Media Prep describes how his school uses technology. (Learning Matters)
- The Chicago Tribune yanked a comic touting the funding site DonorsChoose. (Romenesko via Russo)
- D.C. is launching a gifted and talented program, but not for the first time. (D.C. Schools Insider)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 8:28 pm
- Leonie Haimson recaps the backstory of and objections to Joel Rose’s DOE contract. (NYC P.S. Parents)
- Advocates for the homeless are supporting a bill to change the definition of homelessness. (NAEHCY)
- Pedro Noguera explains why he resigned from SUNY’s Charter Schools Institute. (SchoolBook)
- The principal of P.S. 55 in the Bronx says he hustles for partnerships to help his students. (LinkEd)
- Unusually, D.C. schools are adding lessons about family diversity in the earliest grades. (WaPo)
- A father compares the homework help he offers to the kind his parents offered him. (Insideschools)
- A survey of Los Angeles students shows the impact of school budget cuts there. (L.A. Youth via GOOD)
- Satire alert: The lowest-performing 5 percent of economists, like teachers, face dismissal. (Answer Sheet)
- A new paper by an economist who found that teachers matter finds that principals do, too. (HuffPo)
- Mike Petrilli: Micromanagement, not flexibility, still rules at the U.S. Department of Education. (Flypaper)
- Some charter supporters are worried new federal rules would bar them from pension plans. (Politics K12)
by Rachel Cromidas,
at 8:12 pm
- A dairy industry lobbying group has masterminded a Super Bowl bet between schools. (SchoolBook)
- Educators receive some love from a teacher-themed spin-off of the “Hey Girl” Tumblr trend. (Tumblr)
- The Common Core’s approach to “pre-reading” conflicts with Doug Lemov’s. (Common Core Watch)
- The P.S. 22 chorus joined Mayor Bloomberg at yesterday’s Groundhog Day ceremonies. (Chorus Blog)
- High school students share reasons they are protesting plans to close their schools. (NY P.S. Parent)
- Former schools chancellor Joel Klein describes his vision for classroom technology. (Huffington Post)
- The city teachers union, like Mayor Bloomberg and many others, donated to Planned Parenthood. (UFT)
- Advocates call for state’s NCLB waiver application to include ELL supports. (Learning the Language)
- A New Hampshire middle school teacher and parent probes the value of homework. (Motherlode)
- An association of governors tells Congress to give states more leway in renewed NCLB. (Politics K-12)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 7:55 pm
- The band OK GO stars in a paint-filled “Sesame Street” video about primary colors. (YouTube)
- Liza Featherstone observes the march toward privatization in her own son’s school. (Brooklyn Rail)
- Nat Hentoff: Students should rate their teachers, not standardized test results. (Village Voice)
- Teacher Mark Fusco compares students’ regular writing to their Regents exam essays. (GS Community)
- A city high school student describes being the child of two parents who “self-deported.” (Times)
- The UFT says the principal of Brooklyn’s P.S. 22 has driven teachers out for years. (New York Teacher)
- A teacher snapped a photo of a cracked floor that has gone unfixed for two years. (inside Colocation)
- The city’s online zone maps have not been updated to reflect changes in zoning. (Insideschools)
- Students at Fashion Industries High School had an inspiring visit from fashionistas. (SchoolBook)
- On the difference between student performance, which tests measure, and schools’. (Shanker Blog)
- A private school job listing reveals the myriad tasks of a school librarian. (Education on the Plate)
- Charter networks that span multiple states are hitting common assessment issues. (Curriculum Matters)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 8:56 pm
- Citing philosophical differences, Pedro Noguera has resigned from SUNY’s charter board. (Metropolis)
- As a reminder, Noguera had taken heat for his position as a charter authorizer. (GothamSchools)
- The GE Foundation is putting $18 million into supporting the Common Core. (Curriculum Matters)
- Andy Rotherham: The GE donation is notable because the Common Core is divisive. (School of Thought)
- SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher: The state needs to start college prep in early childhood. (SUNY Blog)
- An Alabama politician says increasing teacher pay would violate biblical principals. (Think Progress)
- Chicago is releasing 15 years of notes from closed-to-the-public school board meetings. (WBEZ)
- Also in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in hot water after appearing in a pro-charter film. (Russo)
- A draft bill to overhaul No Child Left Behind could cost New York State school funding. (Politics K-12)
- Philadelphia rejected disgraced superintendent Arlene Ackerman’s request for unemployment. (Inquirer)
- A D.C. principal who ran into trouble was fired from her old job in Texas; here’s why. (Answer Sheet)
- Less than 40 percent of city students eligible for free breakfast take advantage of that. (SchoolBook)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 8:52 pm
- To escape low-performing schools, parents across the city expend herculean efforts. (Insideschools)
- A school closure plan has turned Assemblyman Keith Wright against mayoral control. (Politicker NY)
- A member of the Absent Teacher Reserve landed a regular job at “a school as it should be.” (NYC ATR)
- A city teacher skewers the idea that education before “reform” was better for all. (Jose Vilson)
- Peeking into a writers’ workshop when all of the myriad pieces are working together. (Mr. Foteah)
- Chinatown schools report an annual influx of new students after the winter vacation. (SchoolBook)
- Science teachers (including GothamSchools alum Kelly Vaughan) turn to storytelling. (Dot Earth)
- Tougher accountability for charter school performance is emerging nationally. (Time/Hechinger)
- A technologist explores the coming frontier when teachers can be replaced by algorithms. (TechCrunch)
- From Chicago, a searchable map of schools and their arts programs. (Ingenuity Inc)
- Diane Ravitch wonders if President Obama knows the effect of Race to the Top. (Bridging Differences)
- Mike Petrilli: The study that proved the value of a teacher also proved the value of test scores. (Flypaper)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 8:09 pm
- A report from a journalist who wasn’t shut out of Lehman’s first closure meeting. (Bronx Press Politics)
- The new voice of “Dora the Explorer” is a public school student from Sunnyside, Queens. (Post)
- The principal of Manhattan’s I.S. 89 is an avid tennis player and viewer who dislikes violent TV. (Times)
- Urban parents who homeschool say the choice represents the ultimate in differentiation. (Newsweek)
- For the first time, the city has published a full directory of elementary school programs. (Insideschools)
- A primer on the city’s new sex ed curriculum the day before its mandate kicks in. (WNYC/SchoolBook)
- Charter parent activist Mona Davids’s daughter says, “My mother is my lobbyist.” (NYStudentsFirst.org)
- An official with the city’s all-girls Public Prep charter schools is accused of stealing funds. (SchoolBook)
- Photos from a Cobble Hill school building as a charter school prepares to move in. (Inside Colocation)
- A city teacher laments that teachers are taught to “shut up and teach” without protest. (GS Community)
- Policy changes in the last few years have causedEast Village schools to become less diverse. (DNA Info)
- The Gates Foundation says characteristics, not size, make small schools succeed. (Impatient Optimists)
- The product of a Maryland district’s choice program on her mother’s non-ideological choices. (Atlantic)
by Geoff Decker,
at 6:59 pm
- Arnie Duncan matches Bloomberg’s $20K teacher bump plan, then raises it another S100K. (Daily News)
- Union blog suggests insider trading at charter school donor’s hedge fund raises questions. (EdWize)
- A tale about the sweltering heat, a pigeon, and an uninspiring test-prep lesson. (GS Community)
- The ultimate source on education reform policies over the last decade is retiring. (Politics K-12)
- A look at Common Core’s reading standards beyond David Coleman’s bluntness. (Common Core Watch)
- After Feb. 17, only certain Title I students will receive free tutoring from the city. (SchoolBook)
- DOE’s School of One creator started a non-profit and is back working with the city. (Digital Education)
- Scorecard for closing schools attempts to keep track of all 62 NYC schools that could close. (SchoolBook)
- A librarian at Jane Addams H.S. shares a slideshow of the school’s 89-year history. (Tina Chrismore)
by Philissa Cramer,
at 8:16 pm
- Andy Rotherham: Much of ed technology amounts to distracting bells and whistles. (School of Thought)
- Leonie Haimson lists seven reasons to be skeptical of MDRC’s small-schools report. (NYC P.S. Parents)
- The founders of the city’s School of One launched a new nonprofit to keep it going. (Digital Education)
- The nonprofit Advocates for Children of New York relaunched its website with a slick new look. (AFC.org)
- If most students aren’t taking Regents exams this week, why do all high schools have off? (Insideschools)
- A report from John Dewey High School’s early engagement meeting Wednesday night. (Ed Notes)
- Mayor Bloomberg rejected calls, again, to make Lunar New Year a school holiday. (Politicker NY)
- A parent wonders how his child can learn critical thinking when policymakers don’t do it. (GS Community)
- The group Educators 4 Excellence asked city and union officials to settle on evaluations. (SchoolBook)
- Teachers are floating ideas for educational innovation at EdCamp “unconferences.” (GOOD)
- Photos prove that lots of Republican presidential campaign action is taking place in schools. (EdWeek)
- Bill Gates endorses teacher peer review in his 2012 letter on his philanthropic activities. (Dana Goldstein)
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