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Mon, 04/02/2012
Getting Smart
By Tom Vander Ark
Every U.S. student should have a chance to earn college credit in high school. Even with online learning, we still haven’t reached the point of universal access to a great college prep track with college credit options. That’s why David Haglund is pushing the Students Bill of Rights in California. It’s why Christina Grant is pushing early college in New York.
Wed, 03/07/2012
The Times Union
By Scott Waldman
ALBANY — The charter school movement in Albany received $3 million from the Walton Family Foundation last year.
On Wednesday, the charitable arm of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. released the list of organizations that received the $159 million it invested in education reform in 2011. The $3.01 million Albany-based organizations received was a 27 percent increase over 2010.
Fri, 02/17/2012
Buffalo News
By Mary B. Pasciak and Tom Precious
News Staff Reporters
Every teacher in the state soon will be evaluated under a more rigorous system designed to more closely link teacher ratings to student growth on assessments and to reliable classroom observations.
Thu, 02/02/2012
WAMC
ALBANY, NY (WAMC) - New York schools could be facing a huge financial loss if an agreement is not reached on a new evaluation system for teachers and principals. The education group, the Campaign for Achievement Now, has issued a report that says schools could lose $1.7 billion dollars over two years if the new system is not in place.
Wed, 02/01/2012
New York Times
In the news on Wednesday, the tabloids continue to have a field day with the case of a teacher who has collected his $100,000-a-year salary for a decade while assigned to “rubber room”-type duty.
The case of Alan Rosenfeld, a former typing instructor, has prompted The New York Post to look more closely at the records of the case against the teacher, who was accused by six girls in junior high school “of leering at them and making inappropriate remarks.”
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Unleash your inner wonk.
What the NYCAN staff is reading:
Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools
Christina Grant
Since I’m a NYC person I have to recommend Class Warfare as a must-read for ed reformers. I appreciated the authors ‘insider’ lens with respect the fight to fix schools in this country. The book features some of my heroes in this work – like Wendy Kopp and Joel Klein--and it grounded me in the reality that an idea can take shape into a movement and change the world.
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