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City and State Education Summit: Lauding the Present and an Uncertain Future

City and State is a wonderful source of local and state news, every morning brief summaries with links pop up, flip through, links into what you’re interested in, for a news nerd like me a nice way to begin the day, City and State also runs what they call summits, the leading voices in a range ofContinue reading “City and State Education Summit: Lauding the Present and an Uncertain Future”

Teaching is Not a Science

New York State has always left curriculum to the school district, the State develops standards and high school graduation requirements. For example districts choose reading programs and/or write their own. The choice of curriculum has become a controversial topic across the nation. David Steiner, at John Hopkins School of Education and the former NYS CommissionerContinue reading “Teaching is Not a Science”