Paul Moore wrote:
One of the most shocking things I have ever witnessed! The Chancellor of the nation's largest public school system cannot form a coherent sentence. This is the best you could do Bloomberg? I realize that Ms. Black can serve as a model for some of the children of New York City but what about those who go beyond 3rd grade?
I stand at the ready Mayor Bloomberg if you are now ready to consider an upgrade in communication skills at the Chancellor's post.
Professor Irwin Corey
Steve Koss said:
Ahem.
I believe Ms. Black was referring to several formal studies published over the years by successive third grade classes at P.S. 87. Those third graders did indeed discover from their research that the most effective teachers deserved to be called the best.
Ms. Black's statements on "Inside City Hall" demonstrate that she is quickly coming up to speed as regards the central issues of public school education and that she is quickly assimilating the findings of serious educational research up to at least Grade 3 level.
At least this latest assertion by Ms. Black is one that she won't have to "refudiate."
Julie Cavanagh wrote:
Ridiculous one might say. And how does Ms. Black propose we choose the best teachers and layoff the apparently less-bestest (as she might say)? Are we to leave this decision to principals alone so that teachers who stand up for kids are fired? Are we to base the decision on test scores, for the teachers who generate them? Will we base these decisions on the level of one's degree? A survey? What will be the standard for choosing our best teachers that apparently some mysterious research shows has nothing to do with years of experience... even though any educator and most parents would tell you that experience is one of the most significant factors in student achievement. I can't believe they let her loose to speak again.
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