tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post5564468340909464285..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: When Statistics Lie.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-21969008311766437112018-01-14T10:39:46.374-05:002018-01-14T10:39:46.374-05:00Diblasio wants to divest our pension funds from fo...Diblasio wants to divest our pension funds from fossil fuel companies' stock. That includes some of the most highest earning stocks in history like Exxon. Just as the Energy sector is in the beginning of a comeback and their stocks are rebounding nicely, our pensions will not enjoy all the financial gains. <br />Investment decisions for our pension should be based on maximizing returns and not based on politicians' social views. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-34777827973749799392018-01-13T19:59:33.624-05:002018-01-13T19:59:33.624-05:0011:46 hit the nail on the head. Every year my 100...11:46 hit the nail on the head. Every year my 100% immigrant ELL students take the PSAT and later the SAT. Every single one of them score so low as to be comical if it wasn't serious. I don't recall more than a handful of students ever getting close to the minimum scores most colleges would take.<br /><br />The SAT was not set up for English Language Learners. Why do we make them take it? For most it makes them feel dumb for no reason. You try immigrating to a new country with a new language and then in a year or two taking a high level test. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-44379450074072062972018-01-13T19:55:05.139-05:002018-01-13T19:55:05.139-05:00What a shame that Commissioner of Education MaryEl...What a shame that Commissioner of Education MaryEllen Elia and Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa think that Mayoral control benefits the NYC schools!<br /><br />Who's going to clue them in?<br /><br />www.nysed.gov/news/2017/board-regents-chancellor-betty-rosa-and-state-education-commissioner-maryellen-elia-0<br /><br />You up to it, Chaz?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-60450344732165121312018-01-13T15:51:45.626-05:002018-01-13T15:51:45.626-05:00Many Principals have been changing grades, but inv...Many Principals have been changing grades, but investigators sweep it under the table. Many articles abouts Principals committing fraud in the New York Post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-65569747375879148942018-01-13T11:46:28.916-05:002018-01-13T11:46:28.916-05:00Yesterday the Post had a story about the percentag...Yesterday the Post had a story about the percentage of students taking the SAT exam reaching record levels. Very little attention to the test results however. This is always a day I take off from school because it is always a shitshow. Some schools have no idea what to do with those students not taking the test, proctoring assignments are always screwed up, and there's alway those few kids who make well known that they don't want to take it. Love this one sentence - "The DOE said offering the SAT during a regular school day improved participation across the board but was particularly beneficial to minority students. Rather than present the critical exam as an extracurricular pursuit, the school-day SAT exam heightened inclusivity." Soft racism at its finest. The irony of course is that college preparedness is horrible at most schools, but they all have to take the SAT, wasting a valuable day of instruction. ATRNomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16458760138294802707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-9916157098728740562018-01-12T20:17:27.463-05:002018-01-12T20:17:27.463-05:00To 10:49. You learned the hard way. I learned by...To 10:49. You learned the hard way. I learned by observation of who got targets on their backs, who was getting 10-20 observations in a year and I listened to the old-timers who said the only way to survive the abusive principals was to never fail more than 20% of your class regardless of merit or not.<br /><br />I have since learned, while working under some very abusive and nasty principals that you cannot fail ANYONE except if they never showed. This is not a joke in my school, and as a staff most of us know it. Every year the admins fire an untenured teacher or two (who are the 'honest graders') just to prove a point.<br /><br />We got the message at my school, and our data looks downright awesome even though our average graduate has less than 5th grade skill levels. That's not our fault though, because they come to us with 1-2 grade skills - no joke. We bring them up 3-5 grade levels in just 4 years, but we all know it is not college or career ready, but what are we - miracle workers?<br /><br />The fictions we all have to live under take a toll on our spirits. The important thing is to keep your outside life vibrant. The schools are bizarre worlds without any logic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-29338116218791236642018-01-12T11:09:58.494-05:002018-01-12T11:09:58.494-05:00If Trump wants to see what real shitholes look lik...If Trump wants to see what real shitholes look like he should visit a typical Bronx middle or high school. Statistics can say whatever the presenter want them to - they said Hillary Clinton would win by a landslide. DeBlasio said too many Black and Hispanic students were being suspended. My school is all Black and Hispanic. DeBlasio should have not received mayoral control - he has totally alienated himself from the schools and uses statistical data to prove the schools are outstanding in every way including safety. Chaz you forgot to mention the UFT uses DeBlasios same numbers to prove the same points to the rank and file. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-6217909206527453852018-01-12T10:49:26.232-05:002018-01-12T10:49:26.232-05:00I believe that I was denied tenure and subsequentl...I believe that I was denied tenure and subsequently discontinued from my probationary period at Richmond Hill high school largely in part because in the four years that i worked there, I was always honest and ethical in the way that I graded my students. I have since learned that this is a fatal mistake if you're concerned about your job security. The principal Neil Ganesh sat me down at the end of my third year and discussed his concern about the percentage of my students that were passing. What he failed to take into account was the the school's very poor graduation rate and attendance rate overall. Also and most importantly, many of my students in the self contained classes were failing not just my classes, but practically all of their classes and state exams. I was assigned to teach these same students either in the very beginning of the day or at the very end of the day where it was almost a certainty that many would simply not show up, so I felt that I had no choice but to fail them. At the end of the day, Ganesh was a nothing a business man and treated the school as nothing more than a business. Ganesh has committed all sorts of fraud to retain his position there. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com