This joke landed in my inbox today as part of an email blast I get from Whitney Tilson, a member of DFER (Democrats for Education Reform.) I have hugely mixed emotions about DFER and Whitney Tilson that I will get into at another time. And his inclusion of this joke is one of the reasons [...]
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The Joke that Sorta Made Me Cry
Posted in education, tagged Education, education reform, Whitney Tilson, Wisconsin on March 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Why Aren’t Parents Rioting in the Streets?
Posted in education, politics, rant, society, tagged charter schools, Education, egypt, for-profit school, joel klein, new york city, nyc public schools, parenting, Private school, PTA, riots on February 2, 2011 | 46 Comments »
This is the question an educator asked me yesterday. A private school educator in New York City. We were among over 200 people invited to Barry Diller’s IAC headquarters in Chelsea to have lunch and listen to the presentation for a brand new private school in Manhattan called Avenues The World Schools. I wasn’t invited [...]
Parental Involvement in Schools – How Thomas Friedman Missed the Point
Posted in education, family, life in nyc, parenting, politics, rant, society, tagged budget cuts, Education, education reform, family, new york times, nyc public schools, parental involvement, PTA, public school, Thomas Friedman on November 28, 2010 | 7 Comments »
This past week Thomas Friedman wrote an Op-Ed in the New York Times, U.S.G and P.T.A, about parental involvement making a difference in student achievement. When I first read the article I yawned. Tell me something I don’t know. Kids do better when parents are involved? Of course. Kids do better when parents lay down [...]
Stop Copying Me! Plagiarism, Scraping & Other Unwanted Forms of Flattery
Posted in blogging, blogging angels, education, podcasts, technology, tagged blogging, blogging angels, Education, high school, plagiarism, writing on September 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, in this week’s Blogging Angels podcast I actually admit to cheating in High School by handing in my boyfriend’s report on Crime and Punishment the year after he had handed in the very same paper. In my defense I had read the book in 9th grade and so in a little sociology experiment decided [...]
Back To School Resolutions (And a Snapfish Giveaway to Help)
Posted in education, kids, life in nyc, parenting, Y! Motherboard, tagged back to school, Education, giveaway, Jewish holiday, new year, organization, parenting, PTA, Rosh Hashanah, snapfish on September 1, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Yes a good portion of the country is already back at school but here in NYC we still have a week to go – and then we have only one day before we’re off for two days because of the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashanah – The Jewish New Year. (Yes that’s right, here in NYC [...]
Look Out Ahead: Too Many Kids, Too Few Schools : Westside Independent
Posted in education, kids, life in nyc, parenting, westside independent column, tagged Education, nyc public schools, parenting, raising kids in the city, upper west side on May 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Look Out Ahead: Too Many Kids, Too Few Schools : Westside Independent I’m up on my virtual soapbox. How bad is the school overcrowding situation on the Upper West Side? Check out my latest parenting column in the Westside Independent.
It’s All About the Teacher
Posted in education, kids, life in nyc, parenting, tagged Education, nyc public schools, parenting, teacher apprecation day, teaching on May 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. I’m sure there’s a Hallmark card out there for it, but the only reason I know about it is through the various teachers and educators I follow on twitter. (Those tech minded teachers are a very chatty and resourceful bunch!) It’s funny to me that Teacher Appreciation Week is [...]
I am one of THOSE PTA moms – and Proud of It!
Posted in life in nyc, nyc moms post, politics, Y! Motherboard, tagged charity, Education, nyc public schools, parenting, PTA, raising twins on March 2, 2010 | 16 Comments »
In the last few months I’ve read several blog posts railing against the PTA moms at various schools. The complaints are usually the same – they’re overbearing and pushy, busy bodies trying to vie for the principal or teacher’s attention, do-gooders who get off on making the rest of the parents feel bad. Yeah, yeah. [...]
The Recession’s Front Line: Our Schools
Posted in education, kids, life in nyc, nyc moms post, politics, tagged budget cuts, DOE, Education, joel klein, katie couric, kindergarten, mayor bloomberg, New York City Public Schools, new york magazine, nyc, nycmomsblog, parenting, politics, stimulus on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The day after our SVmoms conference call with Katie Couric about Children of the Recession, the NYC Department of Education (DOE) announced system wide cuts to the New York City public schools. The official amount was 5%, but at my daughters’ school it was about 15%. This is on top of the fact that our [...]
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