Tag Archives: Mayor Michael Bloomberg

This is a tremendous victory for the parents and teachers of the state who became “the force” for good against the dark side of standardized testing and Common Core.

It’s about time New York City had a mayor who cares and is more interested in the people on the city’s streets rather than those in its ivory towers.

We need to get back to teachers teaching instead of teaching to the test. This report is a sign that we are getting there.

Family members and friends of the victims all have no choice but to never forget, even though it will sometimes seem that other people wish you did.

The CCSS were created to bring a deeper and more meaningful education to students. There is nothing wrong with that, but there is a salient difference between teaching for rigor and relevance and teaching to the test.

Schools chancellor Tisch sounds more like New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan promising a Super Bowl victory than the Yankees icon the Babe promising a home run.

There are no easy answers in education, but the idea of adding more instructional time is like putting a Band-Aid on a gushing wound.

In the coming years we may have what really will be the end of education as people know it.

New Yorkers spoke up for their fellow residents who are still suffering, and the Mayor backed down. Way to go, New York!

Once Irene passed over us inflicting much less damage than expected, the armchair quarterbacks were quick to complain about Bloomberg's "over reaction" to the hurricane.