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Sunday, July 20, 2014

7-20-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Love Letters to the BATS

With A Brooklyn Accent:







New York Now Leads the Way in the Movement Against Common Core- At The Polls

  Something truly extraordinary has happened in the New York State Gubernatorial race-something with broad national implications.  A big money Democratic Governor, Andrew Cuomo, who thought he was going to make himself a front runner in the 2016 Presidential Race by ramming through legislation requiring teacher evaluations based on Common Core aligned tests, has generated so much opposition among


7-19-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Love Letters to the BATS
7-12-14 With A Brooklyn Accent: Love Letters to the BATSWith A Brooklyn Accent:Teacher Temps and Computer Tenders Can't Move Children Out of PovertyOne of the things I am most worried about in the rush to on line learning and disposable teacher temps is the elimination of relationship building and mentoring, which in my experience, is key in having education move people out of poverty and promote