Rise & Shine: Chicago schools could open back up on Friday
Chicago and its union both cited progress and said schools could reopen Friday. (Tribune, Sun-Times) A popular school is one-third empty after it set aside seats for students with disabilities....
View ArticleA Chapter Leader’s Appeal For Solidarity With Chicago
John Elfrank-Dana, the UFT chapter leader at Murry Bergtraum High School, sent this letter to the teachers at his school on Wednesday. When I was in the hotel management business there was a strike....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Change in city schools’ data czar as number-crunching goes on
Martin Kurzweil, right, spoke on a panel discussion in June, weeks before leaving the Department of Education. As the city prepares to release another edition of performance grades to more than 1,700...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State releases roadmap for Common Core-aligned social studies
Social studies teachers who want to align their instruction to the Common Core have so far gotten only limited guidance: The new curriculum standards exist only for literacy and math, and a search of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
City says teachers improved during pilot observation process
Distribution, by effectiveness rating, of 300 teachers who were part of a two-year observation pilot. City teachers got better when they participated in a two-year teacher evaluation pilot program,...
View ArticleRemainders: From YouTube, an “American Idol” for teachers
YouTube is launching an internet-wide “American Idol” search for the best video lesson. (TechCrunch) One Chicago teacher on the picket lines has signs that impugn Rahm Emanuel’s music taste. (Gawker)...
View ArticleRise & Shine: Chicago schools could open back up on Friday
Chicago and its union both cited progress and said schools could reopen Friday. (Tribune, Sun-Times) A popular school is one-third empty after it set aside seats for students with disabilities....
View ArticleA Chapter Leader’s Appeal For Solidarity With Chicago
John Elfrank-Dana, the UFT chapter leader at Murry Bergtraum High School, sent this letter to the teachers at his school on Wednesday. When I was in the hotel management business there was a strike....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Change in city schools’ data czar as number-crunching goes on
Martin Kurzweil, right, spoke on a panel discussion in June, weeks before leaving the Department of Education. As the city prepares to release another edition of performance grades to more than 1,700...
View ArticleClik here to view.
State releases roadmap for Common Core-aligned social studies
Social studies teachers who want to align their instruction to the Common Core have so far gotten only limited guidance: The new curriculum standards exist only for literacy and math, and a search of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
City says teachers improved during pilot observation process
Distribution, by effectiveness rating, of 300 teachers who were part of a two-year observation pilot. City teachers got better when they participated in a two-year teacher evaluation pilot program,...
View ArticleRemainders: From YouTube, an “American Idol” for teachers
YouTube is launching an internet-wide “American Idol” search for the best video lesson. (TechCrunch) One Chicago teacher on the picket lines has signs that impugn Rahm Emanuel’s music taste. (Gawker)...
View Article
