Come to PS 29 in NYC to hear the mayoral candidates:
Want to know where the Democratic primary candidates stand on education? Ask!
A forum on the future of public education
in NYC
with Democratic primary mayoral
candidates
Moderated by
Diane Ravitch
Thursday May 2nd
5:30-7:00 pm
PS 29 (425 Henry Street, Brooklyn)
What do 800,000+ New Yorkers have in common?
We are NYC public school parents.
And Parents Ask Questions.
Ask Your Question*
*Submit your question to
questions@parentvoicesny.org.
This event is being organized by ParentVoicesNY
Because we are the parents voting for our
kids’ future.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Off topic
http://caffeinatedthoughts.com/2013/04/michigan-house-votes-to-defund-common-core-state-standards/
“Breaking…. big move in the Michigan House of Representatives! The Michigan House today approved the Department of Education budget (HB4328) on a 59-51 vote with an amendment which does not allow them to implement Common Core State Standards or “Smarter Balanced Assessments”. The amendment was sponsored by State Rep. Tom McMillin, the amendment is similar to House Bill 4276 which is currently before the House Education Committee.”
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Yes! Great! Exactly what we need–THANK YOU! I have a few comments to share with any candidate who seriously cares about students and education!
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Give them the good hard questions like “Should we again be a regular school district with an elected board as mayoral control has not worked at all.”
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To paraphrase ee cummings really loosely, Anyone who speaks educational bureaucratic gobblydegook can never wholly love your kids! Jonathan Kozol shared some brilliant comments recently: “Teachers should never replicate–they can ‘copy.’ They should never implement or initiate–they should ‘do.’ We have to stop talking nonsense in our public schools–at every level. Focus on the kids! My question:
How have we gotten to this point of corrupt data corrupting our classrooms?
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Want to know where the Democratic primary candidates stand on education? Ask!
Overly optimistic that asking would prompt an answer, but I’ll play nonetheless:
Compare and contrast federal, state, and city approaches to enforcing human rights treaties in public schools, cf U.S. Human Rights Treaty Reports Memorandum for Executive Branch Agencies,12/17/09 and Memorandum for State Governors 01/21/10.
When President Bush came up short wrt the CERD treaty, the ACLU decried a human rights whitewash. When President Obama comes up short, I’d expect Republicans to be called racist for noticing.
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Oh my God, DiRav, what an OPPORTUNITY to address the gutting of public ed in NYC by Bloomy and his surrogates, including Christine Quinn… Will this be broadcast or streamed, and if so, where???
Take care….and many good wishes….
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Schlomo: not broadcast. Not live streamed. Come to PS 29. This is a parent event. No money. Parents who care.
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Dr Ravitch – i was looking forward to a forum discussing educational issues important to my children in NYC public school. instead it was a pep rally. It would help the discourse if different sides of the issue were discussed instead of assuming we all believe the same thing.
i happen to believe that Mayor Bloomberg is doing a good job but am willing to change my mind if presented with facts and arguments in a rationale way. instead it was a group of like minded people and candidates who all believe the same thing cheerleading. The opportunity to discuss how to increase funding, means-testing wealthy families (redistribution of wealth) and other issues was lost. Lastly, the crowd was racially and economically alike — no diversity, no representation from majority-minoirty schools. i appreciate that the forum took place.
thanks
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Doug Hanauer,
The candidates agreed that the Bloomberg policies have failed. The audience agreed too. I did not control either the candidates or the audience.
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