Another education mayor for Gotham?
The headline in the Daily News was a shocker: ?New York State Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl? Tisch blasts Mayor Bloomberg's school reforms: Calls some schools `warehouses' for poor-performing students.?
The headline in the Daily News was a shocker: ?New York State Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl? Tisch blasts Mayor Bloomberg's school reforms: Calls some schools `warehouses' for poor-performing students.?
The performance of America's top students was a hot topic on Wisconsin's WSAU radio this morning, as Mike appeared to discuss the findings of Fordham's recent High Flyers study.?
Maybe it never should have been carved out of the old Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the first place, but the fact is that Jimmy Carter, politically indebted to the N.E.A. for his election (and unable to get out from the commitment he had made to them in return), winkled it through Congress in 1979.?
?At first, I was trying to get the kids to not talk. But then I took a step back and let them socialize and work together on projects. That's when things started to really happen. Someone would do something different, all would gather around, see it, and then go back to their own.'' *
Listen to the latest edition of the Ed Next Book Club, as Mike sits down with author Paul Peterson:
Mike and Janie bite off big topics in this week's podcast?from the repeal of SB5 to racial imbalances in gifted-ed programs to online learning. Amber wants CRPE to name names and Chris starts subbing for the pension benefits. You're gonna want to sit down for this.[powerpress]