Debating who should determine school discipline, in light of Wednesday’s fight involving two school safety officials . . .
. . . a high school senior weighs in.
Instrumentalists from classical music programs are teaching in city schools.
Students at the Bronx High School of Science are protesting increased testing – and their principal.
Parents are the target of a radio ad campaign aiming to reduce the dropout rate.
And Bronx middle schools are getting help from the Middle School Initiative.
10 Comments:
1 jd2718
· Oct 13, 2007 at 9:52 am
I’m glad that the number of links to the Sun and the Post is down. Still, this is a union blog, and clipping the dailies hardly seems like putting out a union point of view.
How about calling the involved chapter leaders for comments on this stuff? They might not write or blog, but I’m sure they would have a word or two to say.
Jonathan
2 Persam1197
· Oct 13, 2007 at 7:53 pm
I second the above. I’d like to see much more discussion from within the ranks rather than the dailies.
3 Peter Goodman
· Oct 14, 2007 at 5:55 pm
I like the News of the Day … ed stories a few clicks away … and a beginning for any who want to comment …
4 phyllis c. murray
· Oct 14, 2007 at 7:15 pm
I agree with I Peter Goodman.” I like the News of the Day … ed stories a few clicks away … and a beginning for any who want to comment.”
I feel Steve Perez should be commended for fostering an entrée to a discussion of topics which impact educators locally as well as nationally. Certainly, the Jena 6 case has far reaching ramifications as well as any discussion which surrounds the public’s demand for the introduction of foreign languages i.e. Arabic or Mandarin et al. in public schools. And because there are so many other topics which need addressing, I would like to see SPerez’s news trend continued.
Yes, Peter, is right: “ed stories a few clicks away.” Write on!
Phyllis C. Murray
UFT Chapter Leader
5 SOC ST TEACHER
· Oct 14, 2007 at 8:05 pm
I think it is a very useful service. I don’t buy the Post, the News and the Sun, but I do find it helpful to know what they are saying about educational issues in NYC.
6 jd2718
· Oct 14, 2007 at 11:00 pm
Teacher voice, matters? or no?
These are issues where are own members have a stake.
Include the clips, where they are useful, but include us, too.
If you can dig through the dailies, you can call a chapter leader to get a quick comment.
And while readers may choose to read or not read the Post and News, unless we publish teacher voices, they remain silent for all. No choice unless we do something about it.
Jonathan
7 Schoolgal
· Oct 15, 2007 at 4:17 pm
I suppose it’s useful when it does not involve bad press for the union, otherwise the New York Times article on the deplorable conditions of the Rubber Room and the lack of due process would have been included in the “Roundup”.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/10/education/10education.html?_r=1&ref=education
I hope Ms. Murray can use her influence seek high-powered lawyers instead of paralegals to help these teachers get due process. The largest teachers’ local in the USA should not be forced to rely on paralegals to contend with a grievous exercise in punishment before conviction.
8 Edwize and teacher voice. Boo. « JD2718
· Oct 15, 2007 at 5:45 pm
[...] Newsvoice, Timesvoice, Sunvoice… So I suggested: When there is a hot issue about a school, why don’t we call the Chapter Leader and get teacher voice [...]
9 Steve Perez
· Oct 15, 2007 at 7:17 pm
Ignoring the Post and the Sun isn’t going to make them go away. What’s the right response? Forewarned is forearmed. And Peter’s point is right, the articles are a jumping off point for useful discussion, including this one.
That NYT article on the rubber room is here, in the TNotD before this one. Schoolgal, how could you have missed it?
Last thought: Don’t complain that they should discuss more or they should be asked to comment. They is teachers is you. If you want to see more teacher voice then comment!
10 jd2718
· Oct 20, 2007 at 8:05 pm
“Don’t complain that they should discuss more or they should be asked to comment. They is teachers is you.”
That’s nonsense. Chapter leaders are busy, and most don’t visit blogs. But you can easily solicit comments from them.
On a story about a particular school there is no comment that we (union, remember, not a progressive media outlet), are so uniquely able to include as the Chapter Leader’s. What’s so hard about getting it?