Are Teacher Data Reports a good measure of the teacher? No. They were created under an experimental program that has since been discontinued by the DOE. The “error margins” are huge — as much as 54 out of 100 points. This means that teachers identified as top scorers could in fact be below average, and…
What I did on my summer vacation: Postcards from D.C. and Wisconsin
by Steve Quester •
1. Washington, D.C. On July 28 and 29, I joined hundreds of other educators, parents, youth, and education activists at the Save Our Schools conference in Washington, D.C. While endorsed by both national teacher unions (NEA and AFT), the conference, and the July 30 rally and march that followed, were organized by a grassroots coalition…
Tuesday march across the Brooklyn Bridge to stop teacher layoffs!
by Steve Quester •
Dear Children’s School families, Children’s School staff and parents signed postcards and called the City Council on Friday morning for Fight Back Friday. Staff, families, and students then headed up to Grand Army Plaza after school for Council Member Lander’s rally against education cuts. The next step: all out to the Brooklyn Bridge on Tuesday!…
What you can do NOW to stop teacher layoffs!
by Steve Quester •
Dear Children’s School families, 1. Friday June 10 is Fight Back Friday at The Children’s School and at schools all over New York City. See http://fightbackfridays.blogspot.com/ . Please check in with our school’s UFT members outside our Carroll Street and First Street entrances that morning to sign a postcard to your City Council member AND…