Common Core Snake in the Grass - District 2 Forum on Common Core

Many people have been warning about the next snake in the grass being promoted by the Gates crowd and being sold by Tweed and 52 Broadway -- the perfect tandem that provides a warning to be ready to oppose it. With Debbie Meier on the panel and CEC head Shino Tanikawa we can expect to see an honest expose. 

I would go but there is another interesting event at the Brooklyn New School on the evaluation system. (See below Shino's announcement). This a real good sign of increasing parent activism on a number of fronts.

Please circulate as widely as possible.  You need not be a D2 parent to attend this event! Shino

District 2 Community Education Council & Presidents Council

present

Common Core Standards:

from Theory to Practice

 

Understand how the implementation of the new learning standards

will impact your child’s education

Monday, March 19, 2012

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Spruce Street School Auditorium (PS397)

12 Spruce Street in Lower Manhattan

The panel will address:

·         How the Common Core standards enhance or limit the curriculum

·         What schools need to successfully implement the Common Core

Panelists include (list in formation):

·         Deborah Meier, Senior Scholar at NYU Steinhardt, recipient of McArthur genius award, founder of Central Park East

·         Sophia Pappas, Early Childhood Division, NYC Department of Education

·         Adele Schroeter, Principal, PS59

Please join us for a lively evening and bring your own questions to the panel! 

Childcare and refreshments available starting at 6:15pm. This event is free.

For more information, contact Linda Lumpkin at 212- 356-3915 or LLumpkin@schools.nyc.gov

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HIGH STAKES 101

Brooklyn New School Mar. 19, 6:30

Got an email from Liza Featherstone, an excellent writer for The Brooklyn Rail:

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HIGH STAKES 101

What does high stakes testing mean for

our children? 

our teachers? 

our schools?

MONDAY, MARCH 19 at 6:30pm 

Education reporter Meredith Kolodner (Daily News, InsideSchools) will moderate a panel discussion with distinguished guests.

Shael Polakow-Suransky Chief Accountability Officer of the NYC Dept. of Education

Sean Feeney Principal of the Wheatley School and Author of the New York Principals APPR Position Paper

 Elijah Hawkes, Former Principal of The James Baldwin Expeditionary Learning Schoo 

Q&A TO FOLLOW 

If interested in CHILDCARE and PIZZA (starting at 6 PM, $5 suggested donation), RSVP to rsvp@bns146.org 

THE BROOKLYN NEW SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 

610 HENRY STREET @3rd PLACE 

F or G to Carroll St. station, exit 2nd Place 

presented by PS 29 & the Brooklyn New School