Monthly Archives: March 2015

Originally posted on Daniel Katz, Ph.D.:
As more details emerge from the budget agreement hammered out between Assembly and Senate leadership and Governor Andrew Cuomo, more questions seem to need urgent answers.  The Governor got many of the education…

Every day I go to school I learn something new. The latest lesson is very difficult to swallow. With the increasing level of apathy in our students, it creates more work for teachers. If a student chooses not to attend … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice:
If I had to choose an urban superintendent between Michelle Rhee in Washington,D.C.(2007-2010) and  John Deasy in Los Angeles Unfied School District (2011-2014), I would choose Christopher Steinhauser, Long…

Originally posted on Daniel Katz, Ph.D.:
Observers of the budget negotiation process in Albany, N.Y. had some reasons to be hopeful over the past week.  Various reports indicated that the new Assembly Speaker, Assemblyman Carl Heastie of the Bronx,…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Joanne Yatvin has been a teacher, a principal, and a superintendent. She wrote these reflections on what constitutes a good school. ? A few weeks ago, a New Hampshire teacher, Shawna Coppola, shared…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
One of the mantras of school choice advocates is that “the money”–whether federal, state, or local–“should follow the child.” It should be stuffed in a backpack that he or she can spend wherever…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
Paul Rosenberg, writing at Salon, is outraged that many super-wealthy people–and their apologists at the NY Times–blame poverty on the lifestyles of the poor. He writes: “There they go again. Conservatives are back…

Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
A few days ago, I saluted Representative Jimmie Don Aycock of Killeen, Texas, for his plan to add $3 billion to the public schools’ budget. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, a powerful figure in…