Here's a look of some of this week's posts from around the Edublogs:
President Obama's comments about education have caused quite a flurry of reactions and he seems to be raising the ire and confusion of many who supported him:
Caroline Grannon writes that Obama gets a lot of it wrong about public education.
Gerald Bracey continues his critique of the president in On education, Obama blows it part II.
Reality Based Educator writes about President Merit Pay or how I have come to despise Barack Obama.
Norm Scott highlights various reactions to Obama in a post titled More Fallout from Obama's Speech.
In other news:
Columbia School of Journalism students post their findings about lack of transparency and no bid contracts at the NYC DOE.
Angela Powell shares what it feels like to have a school's reputation rest on children's answers to a 45 question test.
Jonathan adds PS/MS 4 to his Do Not Apply List.
Tauna Rogers discusses poverty and other out of school factors which influence the achievement gap.
Pissed Off Teacher publishes a speech she would like to give to New York politicians about the state of the New York City School System.
A blogger at Chalk Dust Makes Me Sneeze discusses a school librarian's strange reaction to a graphic being used on the school's website.
A blogger at So You Want To Teach lists 10 reasons to quit teaching and 9 reasons to stay.
Finally, billionaire S. Worthington expresses his delight over Barack Obama's support for charter schools over at Billionaires for Educational Reform
Comments
Seriously, go check out what was said about PS/MS 4 in the Bronx. When will someone get rid of that tyrant that calls himself "empowered." Hey Klein isn't Vincent Resto such a great example of your empowerment?
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