For the past year, I have been involved in advocating for public schools, as a parent of four. I educated myself on issues related to education, ex. CCSS, student learning, technology implementation and social media use, politics in education, high stakes testing, school leadership and climate, effects of poverty. I … Continue reading →
The post has been updated on May 21st, 2014 Malverne Mule has been selected to administer three Regents Examination Field Tests. (They may have already started). The tests are Algebra 2/Trigonometry, Physics, and Geometry. The field test means that the test publisher is “fielding” how students answered the questions and, eventually, … Continue reading →
The Same Color, Different Shape In New York State, April 21st was the deadline to submit a nominating petition with signatures in order to register as a candidate for a seat on the school board. A day later, on April 22nd, a draw for a position on the ballot took … Continue reading →
After my announcement that I am running for a seat on the Malverne BOE, I have been invited to a NAACP regular meeting to present my viewpoints and answer questions from the audience. The meeting takes place at St. Paul’s AME Church, 453 Pershing Blvd in Lakeview and it takes … Continue reading →
The series of three sessions dedicated to Malverne SD budget came to the end on March 18. The first session was dedicated to “instructional” expenses (codes 2010-2855), followed by a session on “operational” expenses (codes 1620-1981 and 5000s), and the last session paid attention to “administrative” expenses (codes 1010-1480 and … Continue reading →
We are living in the era of two educational narratives. One is well known, has been here for ages and is promoted by business CEOs, technology gurus, and policymakers. It’s a narrative that is preoccupied by the old-school problem of how to best “deliver” the content to students using the … Continue reading →
In light of the fact that the NY 2014–15 state budget allocated more aid for education than the original GEA would provide and that the building aid to the Malverne district increased significantly, I sent the following letter to the Malverne BOE. Feel free to copy the text, edit it … Continue reading →
After learning about my candidacy for a seat on the Malverne Union Free School District BOE, a friend asked me at the Malverne Facebook group (by invitation) about my platform. I knew the entire portfolio would be too long for the FB comments field, but I wanted him to see … Continue reading →
Some time ago the White House asked schools to create a film and submit it. The film was supposed to show how the technology can help form the future and how the technology is used in schools. There were 2500 films submitted. 16 films were posted on the White House … Continue reading →
This post was updated on 4/18/2014 after I received author’s permission to repost his entire original post. I have been preparing to write on issues facing education for some time. I was gathering topics and links and, then I came across an article in Education Week. The author, Peter DeWitt, … Continue reading →
