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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

More on de Blasio Chicago-based Consulting

A follow-up to our piece yesterday: DeBlasio Shadow Transition Includes Advice from Rahm Emanuel RBE at Perdido: De Blasio Uses Ed Defor...

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

DeBlasio Shadow Transition Includes Advice from Rahm Emanuel

I never drank the BDB Kool-Aid and fear that the people of New York, in their determination to kick Bloomberg's ass right out of town,...

Back to the Bataan Death March

Well, it's time to get back to the fray. I take a week off and head to Delray Florida for some serious tanning and eating and fraternizi...

Monday, December 16, 2013

Ed Notes Reprint, Nov. 2007: Welch, Tweed, Farina, and Creative Destruction

Thanks to Tim-Parent's comment at Gotham for digging up this ednotes piece from November 14, 2007, with discussion over a 2003 Carmen...

Sunday, December 15, 2013

John Elfrank-Dana Teaches a Lesson About the Life and Death of His School

John does a great job here. I'm looking forward to a Part 2 where he tells us exactly what the UFT did over this time. I'm cross-pos...

Change the Stakes end of year meeting - Tuesday 12/17, 5:30

Join what promises to be a lively discussion about the issues and how we – as parents, teachers and students – can respond individually an...

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Susan's Saturday Morning Special

The weekly weekend reading list from Susan Ohanian. We have a few new cartoons: Classic New Yorker Cover Using Apple Maps app http://...

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Norm in The Wave: On Poverty, Education, Labor: Is Obama Really a Liberal?

A total (much-needed) rewrite of a blog post I did on a Paul Krugman column with some expanded political points. Published Friday, Decemb...

NYC Principal Brian De Vale: I am Daniel-San

I would like to thank John King for forcing this system upon me. My job has never been easier. In fact a high functioning ape could now pr...

22,091 homeless children, how many are at a Moskowitz Success Academy Charter School?

Their numbers have risen above anything in the city’s modern history, to a staggering 22,091 this month. If all of the city’s homeless chi...

Rosalie Friend Reports on Ravitch and Farina at PS 15

Excellent report from Rosalie as a follow-up to the report I received yesterday ( Carmen Farina Introduces Diane Ravitch at PS 15K Community...

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Carmen Farina Introduces Diane Ravitch at PS 15K Community Library Opening

Yesterday was a big day for the PS 15K community in Redhook with two red hot ed superstars, Diane Ravitch and rumored next chancellor Carmen...

Substance: Chitown CEO Nixed in NYC!... Byrd Bennett strikes out in New York City as her slavish adherence to Rahm's school closing quota catches up with her

Chicago schools Chief Executive Officer Barbara Byrd Bennett completed her main assignment from Mayor Rahm Emanuel at the Boar...

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Farina and Cashin, Part 2: MOREistas Chime in With Praise for Both

There were mostly positive reactions to both candidates from MORE members on our post , Farina vs. Cashin: Battle of Philosophies, Part 1. ...

Farina vs. Cashin: Battle of Philosophies, Part 1

Rachel Monahan is reporting that the job of chancellor is all hers if Carmen Farina wants it. Farina only has emerged as a serious candidate...

Eva Moskowitz' Success Academy Gets Preferential DOE Treatment, Emails Show- DUHHH!

NEW YORK CITY — When Eva Moskowitz starts a new charter school, top officials at the city’s Department of Education move heaven and eart...

39% of frontline bank employees must rely need public assistance because of insufficient wages - The Real News

Use this info at your next family gathering where your tea party relatives rail against the 47% of the nation who are "moochers" l...

Monday, December 9, 2013

E4E Member Resigns in Protest Over Their Support for King/Tisch

Here is something you will never see mentioned at Gotham Schools. Consider this my resignation of membership for E4E and the corporate dri...

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