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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Blackboard Wars episodes 5 and 6
So the first season of Blackboard Wars has ended and, as I expected, it reached the conclusion it was created to. Yes, ‘reform’ isn’t easy. The community resists radical change, even when it is what is best for it. The … Continue reading
Posted in Teach For America
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TFA sponsors reform propaganda videos
I recently learned through one of my Twitter followers about a series of videos from an organization called RESET in Minnesota. Minnesota is a place that has a large TFA and TFA charter school presence. Even one of the new … Continue reading
Posted in Teach For America
41 Comments
Are the common core math standards developmentally appropriate for 1st graders?
My sister’s friend is a first grade teacher in a ‘challenging’ school in New York. People who know about education know that poor students often enter kindergarten, already a few years behind their more affluent peers. Good teachers, when given … Continue reading
Posted in Teach For America
24 Comments
Blackboard Wars Episode 4
With two more episodes in this first season of Oprah’s Blackboard wars, they do not have a lot of time left to complete a successful ‘turnaround.’ I can’t say how good this school was before the charter takeover, as I … Continue reading
Posted in Teach For America
20 Comments
Is a half year of learning equivalent to one question on a multiple choice test?
I read an article yesterday about a new study which ‘proves’ how effective TFA teachers and TFA alumni teachers are. The study, which can be accessed here, claimed that middle school math TFA corps members get an extra half year … Continue reading
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss?
A few days ago The Pope of the Catholic church and The Pope of Teach For America, Wendy Kopp, both stepped down. I was not always thrilled with the direction that Wendy Kopp was steering the organization in, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Teach For America, tfa rants
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Bad O-PR-ah for TFA
Yesterday I watched, for the first time, an episode of Oprah’s new reality show ‘Blackboard Wars.’ The show chronicles a first year ‘turnaround’ high school in New Orleans which has been taken over by a charter company. New Orleans is … Continue reading
Posted in Teach For America
30 Comments
My top 10 most popular posts
I’m going to make a few top 10 lists over the coming weeks since I know from reading other people’s blogs that I don’t often go back and read old posts. But some of the older posts from me and … Continue reading
Posted in Teach For America
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Why didn’t I think of this sooner?
For the first 19 years of my 21 year struggle to help TFA improve, my issue with them was quality of the training for the new corps members. It has been frustrating since sending untrained TFAers into the neediest schools … Continue reading
Posted in Teach For America
15 Comments
Loaded question on a student survey
In New York City schools get an annual ‘progress report’ grade from A to F. Schools with an F, D, or three consecutive Cs can be slated for closure, and many school have suffered this fate, with about twenty more … Continue reading
Posted in Teach For America
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