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Monday, January 21, 2008

Arabella

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Every so often I get reports on Arabella, who we met on a cruise to Alaska when she was 3 years old. She's 12 now. Here's the latest...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Puerto Rico, My Heart's Devotion

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I was singing "America" from West Side Story all week while on my first trip to Puerto Rico, most of the time spent at a resort lo...

How ARIS, data, etc are being used in NYC - your input needed ASAP

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A writer is working on a piece on data-driven decision making and needs input on how ARIS, data, etc. are being used in NYC. If anyone has ...
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NYCDOE Appoints CEO of "Broad Prize Banners and Flags"

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EDNOTESNEWS (EDNN) Reports: Mayor Michael Bloomberg has appointed his old pal Smellington G. Worthington III, the founder of BFER (Billiona...
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Friday, January 18, 2008

8th Grade Holdover Policy Designed to Force Dropouts

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It is so simple. Want to enforce the illusion that graduation rates are rising so you can use that issue to run for the presidency? Start ho...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Bronx High Students Walk Out

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Today's NY Sun has an article about Bronx HS students walkout. See our story from the Oct. 11 Ed Notes with more details on the Dr. Quac...

The Shame of the Nation - It's BloomKlein

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When Michael Bloomberg and Joel Klein talk about education reform, the like to use the phrase "The shame of the nation" to describ...
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Monday, January 14, 2008

“Merit Pay” Hurts Teachers, Staff and Students

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From Marjorie Stamberg to ICE-mail: This is a leaflet circulating in GED-Plus that colleagues may be interested in. Our school was belatedly...
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Sunday, January 13, 2008

Alvarez and Marsal of St. Louis, NY, New Orleans, etc.

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How many consultants on the head of a pin does it take to destroy an urban public school system? Follow the further adventures of A and M, o...

Broad Foundation and Merit Pay

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From Marjorie Stamberg to ICE-mail: Teachers have asked for information on the Eli Broad Foundation and its connection to NYC schools. Here ...

Last Chance at English High: We are Not Alone

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As has been done all over the nation, they make cosmetic changes (certainly necessary) but assume things like changing the name of a princip...
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Spitzer and Green Families: You Scratch My Back...

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Why do people trust ANY of these guys? Today's NY Times has one of those delicious little articles that expose the depth of corruption i...

Israeli Teachers Strike

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One of the points Michael Fiorillo made at the Teachers Unite forum on The Big Business of Public Education was the global nature of the att...
Friday, January 11, 2008

The Impact of Scanning on a School

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Updated 11am: See Gary Babad's comment below We know the fear there is out there about weapons, etc., especially since Columbine. Though...
Thursday, January 10, 2008

Big Business of Public Education Forum Attracts a Crowd

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Updated Friday, Jan. 11 It was standing room only at today's Teachers Unite-sponsored forum on privatization. Speakers Michael Fiorillo ...

Run, Bloomberg, Run

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graphic by DB by Norman Scott From The Wave, Jan. 11, 2007 www.rockawave.com A story in the NY Times, " Obama ’s Surge Deflates Forum...
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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Bloomberg Presidential Campaign being Derailed by Obama?

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I am saddened at the story in today's NY Times, "Obama’s Surge Deflates Forum and Talk of a Bloomberg Run ." We will be missi...
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Saturday, January 5, 2008

Seduced and Abandoned by Intel: My Poor Sad XO Laptop

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It does tricks too When I saw the chance to get my hands on one of the XO laptops when One Laptop Per Child offered a 2 month "Give On...
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Friday, January 4, 2008

More on ATRs' from Pissed Off

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Pissed Off Teacher after reading out item below about Klein going after ATR's has this report from the trenches: Excerpt (go to her blog...
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Eduwonkette Goes to Washington...

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....figuratively, that is. Jimmy Stewart better duck [for old movie buffs.] Eduwonkette's blog is migrating over to the Education Week a...