(Susan will be speaking at the March 19 PTA meeting at 8:30 in the cafeteria) When parents make life-threatening mistakes all we can do is learn from them… When I tell a new acquaintance about my son Eden and his multiple and life threatening food allergies, this is one of the first questions I’m asked:…
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Q & A on Teacher Data Reports and Teacher Evaluations provided by the UFT with letter from Chancellor Walcott
by Steve Quester •
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…
Save the date!
by PTA President •
Save the Date! Parents Night Out At Rocky Sullivan’s in Red Hook www.rockysullivansredhook.com Friday, May 11, 2012 8:30 pm until we drop featuring: the Fifth Street Band, a eight-piece rock-n-roll band with The Children’s School’s own Andrew Vickers (parent to Emmeline & Robin) and Carey Johnson (parent to Naomi & Cecilia). Fifth Street covers highly…
Mary Beth’s NY Times Op Ed piece
by Parent Coordinator •
Reading specialist Mary Beth Carroll Crosby responded to an Op Ed piece in the New York Times titled “The Updise of Dyslexia”