tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post7709438517983545001..comments2024-03-29T06:21:22.494-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: NY Times: Cuomo Reportedly Set To Reduce Role Of Testing In His Vaunted APPR Teacher Evaluation Systemreality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-27304212783325983672016-02-19T05:52:05.679-05:002016-02-19T05:52:05.679-05:00Those have been the more concerning values and thi...Those have been the more concerning values and this would nearly be of some great assistance to regard about such more values. <a href="http://www.nursingpersonalstatement.org/" rel="nofollow">nursing school personal statement</a>Rayford Prasadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13582832619219464196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-36045089537463645232015-11-28T11:03:29.942-05:002015-11-28T11:03:29.942-05:00It's true, Cuomo won't be governor forever...It's true, Cuomo won't be governor forever, but previous governors were shills for deform too - Paterson was in power for RttT, after all. So even if Cuomo goes (or is taken out in cuffs), I'm skeptical that the Endless Testing regime, like the vermin it is, doesn't survive.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-76335379154475798512015-11-28T11:01:37.796-05:002015-11-28T11:01:37.796-05:00I agree - Danielson is as bad a bludgeon as VAM. ...I agree - Danielson is as bad a bludgeon as VAM. Maybe even worse. Has whole school buildings on alert all the time for a Danielson drive-by...reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-47335932325434727912015-11-28T11:00:43.610-05:002015-11-28T11:00:43.610-05:00I think you're right on all counts. This is a...I think you're right on all counts. This is a setback (Cuomo backing up on APPR literally less than a year after he pushed the 50% test score component) but not a defeat. They'll regroup and push on with other offensives.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-22216278259463221002015-11-28T10:59:12.166-05:002015-11-28T10:59:12.166-05:00There's something to your theory, I think. Wit...There's something to your theory, I think. With job approval numbers in the low 40's, he's discovered that destroying the public school "monopoly" isn't so politically expedient after all.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-142679879978875402015-11-28T10:55:31.661-05:002015-11-28T10:55:31.661-05:00Yeah, I agree. He could have gotten away w/ it had...Yeah, I agree. He could have gotten away w/ it had he stuck to Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, Yonkers, et al., with a side excursion to parts of NYC. Taking on Scarsdale, Great Neck and Brighton turned out to be a bridge too far for the arrogant ed deformers - including Cuomo.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-26171639355697385922015-11-28T10:54:03.836-05:002015-11-28T10:54:03.836-05:00And this pudding will be made of detritus.And this pudding will be made of detritus.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-11978324114016529402015-11-28T10:53:35.758-05:002015-11-28T10:53:35.758-05:00I agree - it's a pause to stop momentum in the...I agree - it's a pause to stop momentum in the opt out movement. He's not giving up his dream of "busting" up the public school "monopoly."reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-26504890081591213572015-11-28T10:52:52.724-05:002015-11-28T10:52:52.724-05:0018 more years. Oy...
I have over a dozen.
Doubl...18 more years. Oy...<br /><br />I have over a dozen.<br /><br />Double oy...reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-80934198189033961472015-11-28T10:52:24.890-05:002015-11-28T10:52:24.890-05:00I still think he cares about how the Hedge Fund Ma...I still think he cares about how the Hedge Fund Managers For Education Reform feel about all of this. That's why there's the CCSS review panel. Gives him political cover for what he wants to do to save himself politically on education.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-33111005018189093272015-11-28T10:51:06.690-05:002015-11-28T10:51:06.690-05:00I think that guy Bob Braun is all right too. Sees ...I think that guy Bob Braun is all right too. Sees through the deform nonsense and writes clearly and coherently so that the rest of us can see through it too.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-42696908647498237892015-11-28T10:50:07.690-05:002015-11-28T10:50:07.690-05:00Thanks for the kind words, Dan.
I think Cuomo kn...Thanks for the kind words, Dan. <br /><br />I think Cuomo knows exactly what he wants out of the CCSS review, protestations from Malatras, Azzopardi, et al not withstanding. My sense is, we'll get something that Cuomo can claim is real "change" that, upon further examination, will be less than meets the eye. It will of course come from the Cuomo-controlled review panel so he'll have political cover for it. And it will end up in the budget. Though of course given the dog/pony show nature of the whole exercise, they could probably release it right now if not for the need for a political narrative to hide Cuomo's fingerprints.reality-based educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-80946874332445523532015-11-26T22:57:39.727-05:002015-11-26T22:57:39.727-05:00I guess someone is reporting in it. That guy, Bra...I guess someone is reporting in it. That guy, Braun is alright.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-57847649072867067822015-11-26T12:05:59.519-05:002015-11-26T12:05:59.519-05:00In NYC, real estate is king. Also in areas around...In NYC, real estate is king. Also in areas around NYC-see-<br />http://www.bobbraunsledger.com/the-pink-hula-hoop-part-1-is-this-the-future-of-public-schools/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-88042301756564208252015-11-26T05:59:33.699-05:002015-11-26T05:59:33.699-05:00Been while since I've had a chance to check i...Been while since I've had a chance to check in on this blog, still love it. Found my way back while doing the total recall of BS from the gov's administration. Did you see J. Malatras's statement in that Time's article about Coumo's politically cautious retreat? <br /><br />“There is no position of this administration with respect to this issue,” the governor’s director of state operations, Jim Malatras, said this week."<br /><br /><br />Not only do I believe that statement is entirely false, I thought I recalled a story where Cuomo more or less threatened Chancellor Tisch-pressuring her into making "this issue" actually happen the "3 geniuses in a room" threat), and on top of that, I have had exchanges with Cuomo admin PR where they spit out the same StudentsFirst, SuccessAcademy strategery talking points (we spend so much but look-there are still kids who fail and teachers who still have jobs...how can that happen?)<br /><br />Anyways...went looking for some evidence that Cuomo certainly does have a position (and I'm pretty sure Malatras himself penned a lengthy letter of aggression and disdain, guiding the regents toward the exact positions plut a shot of a-hole steroids that have citizens outraged). <br /><br />I like that you are a source of some plain-spoken common sense, and I've always liked that weird, post apocalyptic, scarily religious pic. Happy Thanksgiving. Dan McConnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02679284479998846344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-1713688315950872562015-11-25T20:27:00.249-05:002015-11-25T20:27:00.249-05:00Yeah, he's playing games. I don't think t...Yeah, he's playing games. I don't think the hedgies can save him, necessarily. But, I'm not sure people realize that the money isn't exactly in running the charters. I think it's in leasing buildings to charters. It doesn't seem to have hit NYC the way it has done in the Midwest. But, out west, there are charters who lease buildings from themselves at exorbitant rents. Kind of like transfer pricing.<br /><br />With the exception of a few flagships like Success Academy, I think the vast majority of charters in NYC aren't all that profitable. Hell, SA may be a loss-leader just designed to establish a beach-head in the market. The goal is to establish the notion that schools should lease buildings instead of appropriate them using eminent domain.<br /><br />With the continued growth of NYC's population, the need for facilities will only increase. I wish someone would publish a story in the number of schools which lease their buildings (and from whom). The number prior to Bloomberg was likely zero. The number now is probably mind boggling. And, don't forget that the DOE spends money on capital improvements to these buildings that they don't even own. They are gutting the system. Moody's actually lowers the bond ratings of districts based on the number of charters which operate in them. Charters destabilize the entire financial health of a school district. They are vampires.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-40914949994519993082015-11-25T15:24:35.239-05:002015-11-25T15:24:35.239-05:00Starting with the premise Cuomo never really cared...Starting with the premise Cuomo never really cared and was merely hoping to gin up the anti-public sector (and anti teacher) vote, it is no surprise he's flipping his stance as he has realized he's actually losing votes on the APPR /Common Core/Testing debacle he helped create.<br /> Heck, he'd flip right back if the polls told him too. And then flip back again next Thursday.The Veteran NY Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805569561084847792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-55890673407547483492015-11-25T15:20:48.478-05:002015-11-25T15:20:48.478-05:00I just need 18 more years!!!
hahaahhahaha!
IF t...I just need 18 more years!!! <br />hahaahhahaha! <br /><br />IF they were smart...IF.....they could easily get what they want with way less drama. No need for VAM, no need for testing, no need for common core. Just make full teacher retirement 20 years and 60% FAS rather than the current 30 years.....you know, like cops and firefighters.....and you'd see MASS exodus of the profession as it stands, and then don't hire and there you go, door open for privatizers. It would be so easy....quietly change the structure so all the morons who decry public sector pensions remain fairly quiet, and done. Easy to flush out a generation of teachers.....and with a pat on the behind. Incentives work...especially when most teachers I know now hate their jobs. I'd be looking at 8 years left and that sucks but not as much as 18! And man would I leave at 20, smile on face, not once ounce of sadness for leaving. <br /><br />Laughable choice of a career. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-2824308664066223442015-11-25T13:46:38.774-05:002015-11-25T13:46:38.774-05:00This is most certainly a PAUSE
Cuomo and fellow r...This is most certainly a PAUSE<br /><br />Cuomo and fellow reformer schemers need some time to figure out how to use other ways to dupe parents<br /><br />This bs will only end when the hedge pigs and other reformers start to realize there is no money to be made in public education<br /><br />Until then they will twist electeds arms who will then make deals with union leaders who will then get in cahoots with school district leaders to run public schools into the ground and take all the employees with them.<br /><br />Children First. What a joke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-28323650314423280572015-11-25T11:43:59.583-05:002015-11-25T11:43:59.583-05:00I think so.
And get ahead of the politically cru...I think so. <br /><br />And get ahead of the politically crushing force of 500,000+ April Opt Outs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-28806307959068043052015-11-25T11:26:24.412-05:002015-11-25T11:26:24.412-05:00In politics and government a moratorium is often a...In politics and government a moratorium is often a face saving measure. It is a way to allow an issue to go away without waving the white flag of surrender. I suspect we will never see testing coupled with evaluations again. It is radioactive at this point. Cuomo will not be governor forever. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-49077940757827526712015-11-25T10:56:41.703-05:002015-11-25T10:56:41.703-05:00The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Abigai...The proof of the pudding is in the eating.<br /><br />Abigail ShureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-4621263209397221072015-11-25T10:45:01.187-05:002015-11-25T10:45:01.187-05:00Maybe he's trying to get ahead of the Sheri Le...Maybe he's trying to get ahead of the Sheri Lederman decision. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-13676930489841038702015-11-25T10:14:45.177-05:002015-11-25T10:14:45.177-05:00There is a point, however, where the parents will ...There is a point, however, where the parents will be satisfied and made content. I would argue that that point is somewhere BEFORE the teachers' are able to be free from the wrath of reform. For Cuomo etc, its about finding where that spot is. Hence the "trial balloons" mentioned above. (FANTASTIC description BTW). They are flying up trial balloons much the same way I used a piece of rebar to find the septic tank. Incremental test holes until you find the edge. Then its just a matter of digging. <br /><br />So yeah, Joshua and Janet Q. Parent's interests and our, right now are parallel. There is that sweet spot however where parents itches will be scratched and our interests will still be unsatisfied. <br /><br />Its the whole reform agenda. Philosophically. As long as that remains wholly undisputed and uncontested, times are very dangerous for us. Our fight so far, against VAM, Common Core, testing, has been a fight against the tools of the broader philosophy. Just tactical battles....a strategy thus far has yet to emerge on our side. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-360039034141749862015-11-25T09:47:29.886-05:002015-11-25T09:47:29.886-05:00Cuono made a HUGE mistake when he involved ALL com...Cuono made a HUGE mistake when he involved ALL communities. You can't mess with white suburban moms. If you wanted to pull this shit in NYC alone, understandable since the parents are clueless. You can do whatever you want in NYC. You cannot mess with Westchester, Long Island, Rickland, Etc. You just can't. The people are too smart and paying too much in taxes. Cuono made a very big error with taking on suburbia. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com