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"Poverty Is the Problem": Efforts to Cut Education Funding, Expand Standardized Testing... - 0 views

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charterschools privatization neoliberalism budgetcuts national nyc

shared by sethrader on 06 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • sethrader on 06 Sep 11
     
    As millions of students prepare to go back to school, budget cuts are resulting in teacher layoffs and larger classes across the country. This comes as the drive toward more standardized testing increases despite a string of cheating scandals in New York, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and other cities. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan also recently unveiled a controversial plan to use waivers to rewrite parts of the nation's signature federal education law, No Child Left Behind. We speak to New York City public school teacher Brian Jones and Diane Ravitch, the former assistant secretary of education and counselor to Education Secretary Lamar Alexander under President George H. W. Bush, who has since this post dramatically changed her position on education policy. She is the author of "The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education."
NYC Teachers

For Detroit Schools, Hope for the Hopeless - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by NYC Teachers on 27 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Nor have charters been the answer. Charter school students score about the same on state tests as Detroit district students, even though charters have fewer special education students (8 percent versus 17 percent in the district) and fewer poor children (65 percent get subsidized lunches versus 82 percent at district schools). It’s hard to know whether children are better off under these “reforms” or they’re just being moved around more.
  • NYC Teachers on 27 Mar 11
     
    "Nor have charters been the answer. Charter school students score about the same on state tests as Detroit district students, even though charters have fewer special education students (8 percent versus 17 percent in the district) and fewer poor children (65 percent get subsidized lunches versus 82 percent at district schools). It's hard to know whether children are better off under these "reforms" or they're just being moved around more."
NYC Teachers

Manhattan Woman Sues Daughter's Preschool - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by NYC Teachers on 27 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • NYC Teachers on 27 Mar 11
     
    "A Manhattan woman has sued a $19,000-a-year preschool her daughter attended, arguing that the program failed to adequately prepare her daughter for the test required to enter New York City's hypercompetitive private school system. "
sethrader

Question of the Week (Decade?): Are Charter Schools Better? - SchoolBook - 0 views

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shared by sethrader on 23 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • sethrader on 23 Jul 12
     
    "Are charters really doing a better job educating the city's public school students than the traditional public schools? That was the question of the week, after state test scores came out on Tuesday showing not only far greater proficiency in English and math by third through eighth graders who attend the city's charters, but also far more improvement this year."
NYC Teachers

Why America's teachers are enraged - CNN.com - 1 views

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shared by NYC Teachers on 27 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Actually, the states with the highest performance on national tests are Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Vermont, and New Hampshire, where teachers belong to unions that bargain collectively for their members.
    • NYC Teachers
      NYC Teachers on 27 Mar 11
       
      This fact is conveniently left out of the public discourse.
  • Unions actively lobby to increase education funding and reduce class size, so conservative governors who want to slash education spending feel the need to reduce their clout. This silences the best organized opposition to education cuts.
    • NYC Teachers
      NYC Teachers on 27 Mar 11
       
      It is clear here that the attack on teachers unions is an attack on schools
  • As the attacks on teachers increase and as layoffs grow, there are likely to be more protests like the one that has mobilized teachers and their allies and immobilized the Wisconsin Legislature.
NYC Teachers

In Fight for Space, Educator Takes On Charter Chain - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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shared by NYC Teachers on 29 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Klein have repeatedly told principals at New York City’s traditional public schools that a new age of reform has dawned, that charter schools are the cutting edge and that if these principals want traditional public schools to survive, they must learn to compete in the educational marketplace.
  • Her plan was to create something truly rare: an urban school not focused on standardized testing.
  • NYC Teachers on 29 Mar 11
     
    space promised fo new public school in Washington heights started by Central Park East Principal Julie Zuckerman yanked at last minute and given to KIPP
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