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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Phone Home

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To read stories about KIPP, one would think it remarkable that teachers give kids their phone numbers. I started doing that in the 1970'...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Are School Supervisors Necessary?

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An interesting debate broke out at Accountable Talk over the suggestion that one way to improve the schools is to fire all the administrato...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Children First - Break Up Those Classes

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I talked to the AP today who said there were 7 teachers absent but they can only afford to hire 1 sub from now on. They're splitting the...
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Oh No, Say It Ain't So: Andy to Ed Dept?

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"And You Thought Duncan was a Dangerous Choice? asks Susan Ohanian? Susan reports: Rumor is rife in Washington, D. C. that three peop...
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Monday, January 12, 2009

Using Data to Position Students and Teachers for Success

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Jan. 28, 2009 Sponsored by: IBM In Georgia, the Burke County schools were trying diligently to match teachers with the type of students they...
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The Impact of Gentrification on One School in Williamsburg

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Gentrification and apartheid (see James Eterno's letter to NY State Ed Commissioner on the ICE blog ) as a dual school system is created...
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Teachers as Organizers @ NYCORE

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Nothing will change in the UFT or the DOE unless teachers get active and involved as organizers and agents of change starting at their own s...
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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Big Day in Robotics

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There can be some wonderful days for teachers, students and parents. Today was one of them. The Brooklyn qualifying FIRST LEGO League tourna...
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Friday, January 9, 2009

F i x i n g t h e S c h o o l s , i n F i v e E a s y S t e p s !

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Ah, the wisdom of an experienced teacher. Here is the face of reform that would work from Accountable Talk . I love Step 5. As I commented o...
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Thursday, January 8, 2009

Student Report from Bronx High School of Science

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I received this report from a Bronx High student who saw the blog post below this one. Remember – These are the top performing students you ...
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I Think I May Be Writing a Novel - Gulp!

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...and starting work on a documentary film this weekend – Double Gulp!! So if you don't see as much of me..... Gotta get up early for r...

Bronx High School of Science in the News

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The ideological battle against teachers takes a real hit with reports coming out of Bronx High School of Science for years. Here is an elite...
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Antonucci's Favorite Quotes

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Mike Antonucci has his favorite quotes of the year at EIA . Surprise, surprise. They are mostly anti-union. Some of my "favorites"...
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So Much For Retention

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A Voice at Chancellor's New Clothes took a brief break from her vacation from blogging to send along this comment on her " New York...
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Class Struggle Asks: Is Recess Necessary?

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At the Class Struggle blog, Jay Matthews asks Is Recess Necessary? A survey said 70% of Americans believe recess is important. But Matthews...
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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

The Wall of Silence About NYC's Rubber Rooms

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This guest column is by Jennifer who sent this to the NYCORE listserve. Her raising the rubber room in the context of social justice and hu...
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Monday, January 5, 2009

The Union Is Useless...

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...was a comment I heard repeatedly today while handing out the ICE leaflet on ATRs at a school slated to close. When I mentioned the union,...
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Jim Horn Comments on Bill Ayers' Comments on Duncan

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Jim Horn over at School Matters has some thoughts on the Bill Ayers Huffington Post article on Arne Duncan. Read it all Bill Ayers on Arne ...
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The Long Weekend - All About Process

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I heard the word "process" used in a number of contexts in the last few da ys. Friday we saw Theater of War at the Film Forum, ce...

How the same practices that led to the economic crisis are being implemented in our schools

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Don't miss Leonie Haimson's very important summary of 2 NY Times articles on the financial mess and how the very same principals are...