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Friends in High Places
Well that didn’t take long. According to the Daily News, the state is poised to award a $27 million no-bid contract to a company overseen by Joel Klein. Yep, the same Joel Klein who left his post as NYC Schools Chancellor just six months ago.
“It raises all kinds of red flags,” said Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York.
“It just smacks of an old-boys club, where large amounts of public money are spent based not on
Tagged education, joel klein
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Teacher Preparation for City Schools: No Quick Fix!
Located on West Broadway, inside a private candle lit room at Hurley’s Saloon, rain pouring outside, the atmosphere was set for the Education Committee’s first forum of the year. On Tuesday, April 12th, the guest speakers that lined the table included Patrick Vassel from Explore Network Charter School, Jackie Bennett from the United Federation of Teachers, and Edward Wang, the International Baccalaureate Program Coordinator at Thurgood Marshall. The speakers of the evening were flanked by Sophia James, the forum moderator… Read More
Court Destroys Mother’s Life For Attempting To Make Children’s Lives Better
An Ohio court has decided that fitting punishment for Kelly Williams-Bolar, a mother who claimed her children lived with her father (and he went along with it) so that they could go to a better school outside of a project, is to
- Throw her in jail for 10 days
- Put her on probation for 3 years
- Bar her from serving as a teacher indefinitely, which she’d been studying to do
You can read the whole, sad and maddening… Read More
Tagged class war, education
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David Answers Goliath on Education Reform
In a Jonathan Alter Newsweek article on Bill Gates’ involvement in education reform efforts, Gates lists some questions he’d want to ask the woman Alter describes as his “chief adversary” in the education reform debate, Diane Ravitch. As WaPo education columnist Valerie Straus puts it:
It’s the world’s richest (or second richest) man vs. an education historian and New York University research professor.
In her column, Straus gave Ravitch an opportunity to answer those questions. It’s a good opportunity… Read More
Tagged bill gates, Charter Schools, diane ravitch, education, education reform, Public schools, schools
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Bloomberg Focuses On Changing The Tenure Rules For Teachers
While taking part of an education series being aired this week on NBC’s Today Show, Mayor Bloomberg proposed a new set of rules for teacher tenure, previously a status designated to teachers after 3 years of service without many exceptions. His aim is to alter what he claims is a culture of ” automatic tenure” for teachers regardless of ability or professional mastery. Mayor Bloomberg went on to say:
“Beginning this year, our policy will
NY = RTTT Winner!
No matter which side you come down on in the debates over charter schools and education reform, it’s hard to argue with a massive cash infusion for education. So hooray for NY! The feds announced today that we’re winners in the Race to the Top competition for extra federal education funding — reportedly $700 million worth!
The program was unveiled in July of last year and is funded by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act aimed
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