tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post5495268799600422709..comments2024-03-12T11:58:18.978-04:00Comments on Accountable Talk: Mr. Mulgrew? This is Opportunity Knocking...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-59209277891795991842010-08-07T20:57:28.622-04:002010-08-07T20:57:28.622-04:00No surprises for this former NYC educator. The st...No surprises for this former NYC educator. The standardistas promised that the standards would ensure everyone would pass the tests. Doesn’t matter if the tests are dumbed down -- if the standards were taught, the kids pass. What happened then, what with all the mandated, teacher-proof, standards-based curriculum falling flat?<br /><br />And is anyone really surprised that, with teacher pay being tied to test scores, that the testing goal posts will be continuously moved to ensure that no one will ever really achieve the impossible goal of 100% literacy by 2015 and they will be forced to pay for that elusive success?<br /><br />It’s a shell game and teachers are destined to fail. We lost the chance to strangle this monster 20 years ago and now it has grown to gargantuan size and will not be tamed.L. Dinglenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-58599291923336779462010-08-01T08:31:21.078-04:002010-08-01T08:31:21.078-04:00Anon:
You are missing 2 essential points.
First...Anon:<br /><br />You are missing 2 essential points. <br /><br />First that the next mayor will be one that teachers will support. Where does that idea come from? Anthony Weiner is totally for the ed deform movement. Scratch and you will see so is Bill Thompson. But even here if you watch the move to make Bloomberg's girlfriend Diana Taylor a serious contender for mayor we could see a 4th term coming. <br /><br />Second point is that putting a "true" educator in charge will make a difference. Marcia Lyles was a supposed "true" educator and was a lackey. They can find plenty of those. <br /><br />WE must end mayoral control to stop the tyranny of one person controlling the schools. The UFT will waffle and sniffle but will never go for ending mayoral control because it is in their DNA to keep power in as few hands as possible, always holding out the hope that one day they will get a mayor they can influence. But given their record do you think that influence will be in the interests of working classroom teachers or in the leadership's narrow interests?ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-59736242381056496702010-07-31T13:24:56.062-04:002010-07-31T13:24:56.062-04:00We need to comment and challenge anywhere we can t...We need to comment and challenge anywhere we can the Obama Duncan BS! What we are witnessing is the logical problem of putting all the accountability eggs into unfair testing. The gaming of the tests by state and city school district chiefs has been going on for quite a while in Illinois and Chicago. Logical that states will game the test scores. They bought the NCLB Testing treadmill and now have to cover their butts. Time for a recall!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04986133626654561239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-80148580269148135272010-07-29T18:55:09.510-04:002010-07-29T18:55:09.510-04:00Actually, what Mulgrew is planning is a trip to DC...Actually, what Mulgrew is planning is a trip to DC with Joel Klein to pitch the NYC Race to the Top plan, the one that will finally fire NY teachers for the test scores of their students. Gee...it's awfully nice of him to cooperate, again, when we have no contract and the current offer is zero. He certainly looks reasonable.<br /><br />For thanks, the News and the Post think more teachers need to be fired.<br /><br />All that cooperation is really paying off.NYC Educatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-49196565969215258122010-07-29T16:43:57.100-04:002010-07-29T16:43:57.100-04:00You are correct I could not agree more. I have jus...You are correct I could not agree more. I have just one objection to your agenda. Keep mayoral control as the next mayor will most likely be a person that the teachers will support and if Klein is gone and a true educator replaces him, then Mayor Bloomberg will be a lame duck in every respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-52233871556797424032010-07-29T15:21:14.711-04:002010-07-29T15:21:14.711-04:00On issues that matter, Mulgrew is little more than...On issues that matter, Mulgrew is little more than an appendage to the HR department of the DOE. Much of his time is spent figuring out how to play the membership and get it to go along with Bloomberg/Klein-inspired schemes that will ruin public education and teaching as a career.<br /><br />The UFT is no longer an independent, worker-led organization. At it's best it functions as a kind of ombudsman for DOE teachers; at its worst, it is complicit in their professional destruction.Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-54275669925903706832010-07-29T14:21:42.209-04:002010-07-29T14:21:42.209-04:00"He can prove--using that very data that Bloo..."He can prove--using that very data that BloomKlein so used to love--that the gains under the billionaire mayor and lawyer chancellor were all smoke and mirrors."<br /><br />You are missing an essential gambit of UFT policy - to join BloomKlein in bragging about high scores and try to give teachers credit. <br /><br />The UFT was there with Klein when he "won" the Broad Award. They have used the phony scores to jump on the merit pay bandwagon.<br /><br />Ed Notes warned them a decade ago that they would be left holding the bag when scores go down.<br /><br />I mean if yo are calling for teachers to be paid more for scores going up then logic holds there could be calls for reducing salary when scores go down.<br /><br />To expect Mulgrew to go counter to UFT policy is misleading people into thinking he has the power, will or smarts to turn the Titanic when shavings from the iceberg are already cooling the drinks in the dining room.<br /><br />I urge the same mantra for Mulgrew as for Randi - watch what they do not what they say.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-68215850760517247912010-07-29T14:03:14.883-04:002010-07-29T14:03:14.883-04:00He needs to start a campaign to put an end to this...He needs to start a campaign to put an end to this Bloomberg/Klein fallacy. He needs to do it with and through everyday teachers from all ethnic backgrounds and all ages. The general public needs to know that teachers are struggling and doing their best at an incredibly tough job. They also need to know that teachers do not support a test-heavy curriculum for students. The connection to teachers needs to get closer as the belief in billionaires' nefarious policies need to be driven away.Poguenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5477669229969550311.post-41808311059359087732010-07-29T13:54:04.765-04:002010-07-29T13:54:04.765-04:00I like that list. Especially this one:
"Give...I like that list. Especially this one:<br /><br />"Give teachers the opportunity to develop a curriculum that works for their school within the framework of the standards."<br /><br />Non-educators have held the reins on policy decisions for far too long. They choose to assign blame to teachers for their own failings. They choose to ignore the input of teachers, parents and students.<br /><br />Teachers, parents and students must take the lead in setting education policy going forth.Esteban Rodriguezhttp://incongressional.comnoreply@blogger.com