Category Archives: Education Reform
Five states expanding school calendar in 2013 – AP News
The Associated Press (@AP) tweeted on Sun, Dec 02, 2012: 5 states plan to announce addition of at least 300 hours of learning time to some school calendars in 2013: http://t.co/t3lsGPkd -RJJ Associated Press WASHINGTON — New York is among … Continue reading
Chicago’s strike & lessons from New York—Michael Benjamin – NYPOST.com
My op-ed got a good lead-in this morning from Capital New York’s Azi Paybaragh (Morning Briefing): Attention Chicago: The teachers union in NYC shows how strikes aren’t the only way a teachers union flexes its muscle. [Michael Benjamin] My op-ed … Continue reading
On Cuomo, from the right — Not so fast, Azi
My OpEd in today’s NY Post assessing Governor Cuomo‘s sophmore term rated mention by Capital New York blogger, Azi Paybaragh in his Morning Briefing column [So now Andrew Cuomo is too Democratic?]. Azi mischaracterized my assessment as “conservative” and writing … Continue reading
Sex and New York teachers—Michael Benjamin – NYPOST.com
Is anyone in New York City truly surprised by teacher-student sex in our schools? The Post last week exposed yet another female teacher who’d become involved with a teen student, and lots of similar cases are still getting publicity — … Continue reading
The war on testing – NYPost.com
I don’t care for use of the term, “war on…” but I don’t write the headers for my column. We should honor the sacrifice of the men and women killed, maimed and injured in real wars. In today’s OpEd column, … Continue reading
What Everyone Missed on the Pineapple Question | TIME Ideas | TIME.com
Since I am not prone to say, “I told you, so!” I’ll let Time magazine’s Andrew Rotherham tell you why I was right to take the Daily News, Ken Jennings and State Ed Commissioner John King to task over pineapplegate. … Continue reading
Talking Pineapples and Test Bashing
This past weekend, I read with great annoyance of the so-called Pineapple-gate” and the resulting weeklong standardized test-bashing echo chamber. Critics were calling for the trashing of the recent 8th grade ELA exam because of a nonsensical passage and questions … Continue reading
Governor Cuomo & teacher evaluations—Michael Benjamin – NYPOST.com
This morning, my OpEd on Governor Cuomo and teacher evaluations was published by the NY Post. Cuomo and the state legislature are considering a measure that would shield the evaluations from dissemination to the general public. That has led to … Continue reading
Mental Toughness, Extra Effort – Not Just for March Madness
I had another guest column in the biweekly City&State print and online editions. This time, I address teacher evaluations writing that teacher performance requires mental toughness, extra effort. Mental toughness, extra effort The other day, I thought about my 7th … Continue reading
Black at Stuyvesant High — One Girl’s Experience – NYTimes.com
The NY Times story would be better titled, “Black at Stuyvesant High — Is That Possible.” It should be an embarassment to African Americans across this city that fewer and fewer of our children qualify to attend the City’s elite … Continue reading
Conservative Black Chick
