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Happy Birthday! Have a Carrot Stick!
A fourth grade student, and potential charge of mine next year, gave me the third degree yesterday about what one of my students told him – that I bake cupcakes for the class. Only now am I beginning...
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Link: The Patron Saint (and Scourge) of Lost Schools
The charter vs. public school debate is really percolating lately here in the big city. I highly recommend you read this New York Magazine article about Eva Moskowitz, the leader of perhaps the most...
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A Jumbled Mess
I have quite a few educational thoughts buzzing in my brain of late. I’m trying to determine the most tactful, least injurious ways to tackle some of the latest hotbutton issues: Charter Schools – I’m...
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NY Post: 2+2=5?
I woke up this morning to find the top story on the New York Post’s web site was about the inflation of NYC test math scores. The article doesn’t really contain any information that news to me, but I...
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It’s a Start
I watched with great interest this afternoon as Brian Williams moderated a teacher town hall discussion on MSNBC, a special presentation of Education Nation. With reform dialogue reaching a fever pitch...
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When Value-Added Means Being De-Valued
Saturday morning, when the cold reality of irresponsible journalism and public defamation smacked colleagues former and present alike in the face, several contacted me to share their disgust,...
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How the Grinch Stole Education! (And Lost it Back!!)
Happy birthday, Dr. Seuss! Thanks for inspiring me to write this tale: Every kid down in School-ville liked their teachers a lot. But the Grinch, who lived just north of School-ville, did NOT! The...
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Blame the Teachers
When did it become fashionable to pick on teachers? Why did it become fashionable? What kind of society is ours? One in which those who choose the challenging, essential work of teaching are...
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What I Remember
There’s a must read out there for every teacher who ever felt de-valued by value-added measures. It comes from a colleague of mine and I love the way she basically just up and says, “Uh-uh – I’m a lot...
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How Reformers Have Hijacked “Data”
This is my response to the letter I recently received from a colleague, with whom I am exchanging letters on various education-related issues. The original text of her letter can be found on her blog....
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