tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post7640150201807523354..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: Why Mayor Bloomberg's Small Schools Are Destined To Fail Over The Long Run.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-54448438686952599072011-12-16T18:40:20.419-05:002011-12-16T18:40:20.419-05:00You are all wrong the small schools are a great su...You are all wrong the small schools are a great success! Lets look at what they have accomplished.<br />1-closing large academic schools that offered a variety of subjects.<br />2-killed many of the most vocal and active union chapters in the UFT.<br />3-Allowed several thousand teachers since 2005 to become ATR's, many who have retired early or left the city schools.<br />4-Offered positions to new Academy principals who if they survive will follow the policies of the administration long after the mayor is gone.<br />5-Killed many a per session activity and negated retention rights to many programs such as evening school.<br />6-Forced neighborhood high schools to take low performing students that accelerated their closing and then create more smaller themed schools.<br />7-allowed for fraud in construction as project after project to redesign the phased out schools into mini schools costs big bucks.<br />8-eliminated any potential parental involvement as the numbers are diminished when divided into smaller school communities(hence the reduction of parent coordinators).<br />9- DO YOU GET THE POINT? It has been a great success at the expense of NYC public high schools. Hold on to those worthless diplomas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-4947818980784945372011-12-15T07:02:06.738-05:002011-12-15T07:02:06.738-05:00Another point that everyone should also notice tha...Another point that everyone should also notice that the TFA/TF teachers have one goal, to become administrators after they've taught 2-4 years. There's a newbie in my school and this is his 2nd year teaching. He told me that he can't attend the rallies because he's taking administration classes. The mayority of these new teachers want to be administrators. Teaching is not their calling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-32450710018114203162011-12-14T21:21:47.118-05:002011-12-14T21:21:47.118-05:00So the failed teachers who scooted into the "...So the failed teachers who scooted into the "Leadership Academy" are failing as principals. What is next, the earth is round?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-38706019155679342552011-12-14T18:31:14.748-05:002011-12-14T18:31:14.748-05:00actually they are supposed to be logging on to ros...actually they are supposed to be logging on to rosetta stone but most of them were logged on to to something else - I saw it with my own eyes - not my responsibility to try and get kids who I will never see again on task - I won't deal with that headache - just made sure they didn't break anything - or anyone! How will they get a gradeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-1042122699278405882011-12-14T18:28:25.768-05:002011-12-14T18:28:25.768-05:00I see all kinds of nonsense going on the "Dis...I see all kinds of nonsense going on the "District 2" high schools. Many of the schools I have been to function because of the students and teachers, not the administrations. The UFT is completely inept at getting these new schools to build a strong chapter. We should also expose the UFT as we let the truth out about Bloomberg and company.Tom Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04810111429641235805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-41616131254872136942011-12-14T09:24:01.419-05:002011-12-14T09:24:01.419-05:00I, too, have the inside view of the Queens schools...I, too, have the inside view of the Queens schools. Being an ATR has provided me and others with information that would make the parents blood boil! One new school at Springfield Gardens has had no language teacher since the opening of the school year. The kids log on to Rosetta Stone daily. How could that be legal? A friend of mine is planning to put together a full report on the many travels we have all had. Let's expose Bloomberg....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-45806898811862163912011-12-14T08:32:38.459-05:002011-12-14T08:32:38.459-05:00The schools offer no diversity or variety. We hav...The schools offer no diversity or variety. We have a middle school attached to our elementary school. They have the same science, ELA, math, social studies, art, gym/health teachers for 2 years. They are offered only French as a language and no music. Some of them have been together for 9 years (counting Pre-school). The school was constucted for "little" kids and they are oversized in the hallways, bathrooms, etc.<br />One day, someone high up at the DOE, will say, "Hey, why don't we take all the middle schoolers from the K-8 schools and put them together in one building and call it either Middle School or Junior High School. We'll give them major and minor subjects, clubs, teams, detention, library, etc." What a wonderful world it will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-56314832860906109952011-12-13T21:22:41.864-05:002011-12-13T21:22:41.864-05:00I agree 100% - many of these schools are going to ...I agree 100% - many of these schools are going to fail. There is no discipline in many of them. Students get to class late every period and never get punished. I have seen and heard the students talk back to principals and APs as the adults attempt unsuccessfully to instill some tone of discipline in the schools. Most of the teachers are unhappy and they are not shy about discussing the pressure they feel to pass failing students. Many of the schools have oversized classes that teachers are told to accept and not to grieve. Many teachers are teaching out of license. And when I talk to the students they can't wait to get out of the schools either - they have no sense at all of school sprit or pride. Many of them know that even in the small schools they are being treated as second class citizens. Seems like everyone is distraught except for team DOE - good work Tweed - you have wrecked everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com