SUNY Trustees have approved the Green Dot New York Charter School for the South Bronx.
Diane Ravitch on school-wide bonuses . . .
. . . and on NAEP and NCLB.
Education recommendations from the state Board of Regents.
A report from the New Teacher Center makes the case for training new teachers (pdf).
City Comptroller Bill Thompson and Mayor Bloomberg are arguing about the Mayor’s education policies . . .
. . . and Thompson still supports mayoral control.
A look at the city pension fund.
A middle school student in Brooklyn who died had a staph infection.
If you’ve been missing Teacher News of the Day this week, make up for the break with a pair of roundups: first the AFT and then the Carnival of Education.
UFT President Randi Weingarten and former Chancellor Rudy Crew will be interviewed on “Eyewitness News Close-Up” this Sunday at 11 a.m. on Channel 7.
And Stephen Colbert talks about DonorsChoose.
Have you used DonorsChoose? Share your experience with the rest of us.
2 Comments:
1 MichaelB
· Oct 29, 2007 at 4:15 pm
It’s hard to figure out exactly where Ravitch is coming from. Sure, we got what we wanted on pensions, but we’re paying for it. In fact, the mayor claims it will save the city money.
On the bonus issue, she complains that what we agreed to was not “merit pay”. However, she previously states that merit pay doesn’t work. So, what’s her beef?
The bottom line is that for a relatively small sum, the city has removed the last obstacle to higher graduation rates in participating schools (high schools, at least)- teachers who refuse to pass undeserving students. Now, Regents exams will be scored more generously and grades of 55 will become a thing of the past. Klein had to be aware of this when he negotiated the plan.
2 Teacher News of the Day | Edwize
· Oct 29, 2007 at 4:31 pm
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