The New Teacher Evaluations Won’t Work
CHANGE 101 or WHY THE NEW TEACHER EVALUATIONS WON’T WORK There are a variety of theories about how change happens. Change is difficult, because the power of inertia is ever present and comfortable. As humans, most of us are hard wired to not be risk takers. The first step in any change process are that […]
Sage Doctoral Program Lecture
Cosimo Tangorra, the outgoing deputy director of the State Education Department, gave the 5th annual Esteves lecture from Sage College on April 16th at CSA headquarters in Manhattan. This was part of the Sage-CSA doctoral program that is administratively supported by CITE. CSA members (only) click here for more info on the doctoral program […]
PD School Partners
Five years as a Principal Five years as a Principal of a Middle School of 1000+ students is often regarded with a gasp and a look of utter condolences by many who hear the numbers – number of years, grades and total student population. Challenges and Support from PD school partners However, to hear stories […]
Chancellor Fariña vs the Charter Schools
NEWS ROUNDUP! Chancellor Fariña is feeling the heat for some remarks she made recently about how charter schools inflate their test scores by pushing some low-performing students out right before they give the tests. Supporters of charter schools are now calling for proof. Read more: Chalkbeat NY Times Chalkbeat NY Post NY Daily News United […]
UFT Contract Fight Drags On
Wait, didn’t the city and Union come to terms on a new UFT Contract?? They did. Then what’s this fight about? As we outlined here, there are more retirees than expected. According to the Teachers’ Retirement System, there was a 48 percent increase in retirements by UFT members employed by the DOE at the end of […]
How can we help you
SCHOOLS ARE NOT BUSINESSES Our schools are inundated with ideas and practices that are borrowed from business in the name of education reform. These business practices have questionable applicability to schools, and in some cases are just a really poor fit. After all, you don’t want any reject parts if you are a school, you […]
UFT Contract Review
We’re taking a look at the new UFT contract. It was much-heralded, when it was passed. How is it going, now? Chalkbeat’s blog did a series on this, that we’re putting together here. It follows three of the main points from the UFT Contract: Raises for Leadership Roles 80 Minutes of PD each Week Parent […]
Beware the Quick Fix in Schools
by Jared Gellert I’ve had the pleasure of reading Schools That Learn by Peter Senge et al. over the past month. My next few blog posts will address ideas raised in the book. “Shifting the Burden” = How We Solve Problems One core issue in our educational system is our persistent attempt to solve problems […]
