Opinion: NYC Teachers Want Excellence Too
Education is my thing. I read everything I see about it. But I’m weary of seeing the same message over and over. Billionaire-funded education groups that aim to "reform" our schools seem to sneer at...
View ArticleTeacher: Art is the Heart of My School
At the Collegiate Institute For Math and Science, we have an oasis for our students: the art room. With colorful art literally hanging from the ceiling and sunlight flooding the space, many students do...
View ArticleA Teacher’s View: We Need the Reforms
As a teacher, I know attendance is important – but I wasn’t at my school, East Bronx Academy for the Future, one day a few weeks ago.I wasn't sick and I didn’t spend the afternoon at the movies: I...
View ArticleNot Public School As We Remember It
It’s called “school reform” with a focus on “student achievement,” but I shudder to think where we have come as a nation that many public schools don’t have a library, and won’t ever get one unless...
View ArticleHow Bad is The Test? English Teachers Count the Ways
Recently, the New York City Department of Education rolled out a secondary English Language Arts test called “Measures of Student Learning (MOSL) Performance Assessment.” The stated purpose of the test...
View ArticleEssay: My Student is One Point From Her Diploma
Amy is one of my students at West Brooklyn Community High School and she has completed all the course work required for a New York Regents diploma. But Amy has a problem, she has not yet passed the...
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