Education News NYC 9/21
Your Week in Education 9/21/15, By Danielle Bonnici Less Test? The New York Times reports that New York will shorten the Common Core Tests for grades 3-8. This changed stance is attributed to the unpopularity of the tests and the number of students who opted out this year. New York State Education Commissioner, MaryEllen Elia states […]
Back to School News for Teachers
Your Week in Education – back to school! Who Says Teachers are Whiny?? Republican Candidate Kasich’s comments about “whiny teachers” who hang out in the “teacher’s lounge” are getting some backlash from Dr. Chester Goad in the Huffington Post. Goad says in an era where politicians and the media are constantly scrutinizing and criticizing teachers, […]
Letter from an SBL Graduate
The following letter is from a College of St. Rose SBL graduate, Joshua Furnell, who just accepted a position as assistant principal at a high school. Dear Ms. Burke, My name is Joshua Furnell, and I recently accepted an assistant principal position at the high school of my dreams. I’d like to think that landing […]
Back to School Teacher Resources
Back to school resources roundup Welcome back. We missed you… unless you’re in one of our grad courses, administration courses, or counseling courses that met over the summer. In which case, we’re glad to see you so soon. This is our Back to School article and resource roundup for teachers. Please let us know what […]
The Curse of Testing: Narrow Curriculum
Your Week in Education 8/31 By Danielle Bonnici What should we teach? An interesting Op-Ed in the New York Times discussed the curse of standardized testing this week. Natalie Wexler reports that tests are blamed for narrowing curriculum to focus only on reading and math. The problem is so grave that Congress is considering making changes […]
The Week in Education News 8/24/15
Your Week in Education by Danielle Bonnici Thanks, but no thanks…. Over 200,000 middle schools students in New York State declined to sit for Common Core test this year- four times the amount who refused last year. Initially, it was believed that school districts where less than 95% of the students who took the test […]
Education News Briefing 8-14
Your Education Briefing By Danielle Bonnici It’s been an eventful week in education news: Teacher Shortage A teacher shortage is putting a damper on “back to school”: The New York Times reports that there is a nationwide shortage of teachers, especially in math, science, special ed, and English as a second language. The reasons are […]
New Chicago Grading System
Chicago’s school history is a testimony to the lack of difference that different reform movements have made; Chicago has tried them all to little avail. Chicago is now trying something else to get its high school graduation rate above 50% (that’s right, 50%). There are two core pieces to this effort, described in this article from […]
