NYC DOE Co Location Plan
NYC DOE Co-location plan Co-locations are the term for NYC school buildings that house both NYC Public schools and charter schools. Co-locations have been a flashpoint recently, with community groups on both sides rallying their supporters and trying to get their point of view heard. Among the issues: tax funding for these private charters, resources […]
Simplify the Common Core Rollout
Simplify The Common Core Rollout by Jared Gellert Mike Schmoker has written one of the most intelligent things I’ve ever read about education. It’s so good that I am going to simply quote some portions. In an article in Education Week he writes “Perhaps no enterprise is more crippled by complexity than school improvement.” He […]
Snow Days for Schools – A Proposal
Snow Days for Schools – A Proposal Winter 2014 should be more memorable than too much snow, ice and extreme weather. Hopefully, this winter of discontent will resolve the questions: What is a Mayor and Chancellor to do? To open or not to open our city’s schools? First, the problem. What is the primary purpose […]
Common Core Changes and State of the City
Common Core Changes in NY / The State of the City – UPDATED! It’s a busy Monday for NYC Education! The NYS Regents Board held a meeting to announce recommendations for common core changes, and Mayor De Blasio delivered his State of the City speech, pushing hard for his Pre-K and Middle School plan. Here are […]
Pre K Showdown
Pre K Showdown – The 5 points you need to know – UPDATED! “We are in the midst of an inequality crisis. It is my job to rectify the shortcomings and inequalities that preclude our city from reaching its true potential. And our budget for the city will address this affordability crisis.” Bill De Blasio […]
DeBlasio and Farina Meet Principals
DeBlasio and Fariña Meet Principals Mayor DeBlasio and Chancellor Fariña met with Principals at Brooklyn Tech High School. Chirlane DeBlasio introduced her husband, speaking about the importance of making students aware of their choices. The Mayor spoke about his Pre-k and after-school plan, and set the tone for his administration’s stance on schools: “I’ll say it […]
Concerns Over Student Data Privacy
Concerns Over Student Data Privacy – UPDATED! (Excerpt from U.S. News and World Report, January 23, 2014, Allie Bidwell @alliebidwell) Parents Worry Student Data Will Be Used for Marketing, Not Education. Data privacy groups urge states to adopt policies addressing privacy and security concerns. Most American adults are concerned about third-party companies having access to student data […]
