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I hope every one’s presentation went well. I am looking forward to hearing about it this afternoon. We will also discuss expectations for the final paper. In case you want a sneak peak, here they are:
Here is a draft of the presentation rubric based on what you all told me yesterday. Please let me know what you think!
Hi all –
Please remember that each group is expected to present at the CUNY-wide conference in early May. Information about the event, and the registration form, can be found at https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/seminar4/.
The due date to sign up is this Monday, April 23rd, by noon.
For Monday, April 25th, instead of reading the Heather Lewis book chapters, read this report on desegregation from City Council member Brad Lander.
For your final blog post for the seminar, please let me know your view about the events in 1968 that led to a protracted teachers’ strike in New York City. Why do you think things happened as they did? Can you see vestiges of that strike and the divisions it exacerbated between the labor movement and civil rights activists in the shape of New York City and its schools today?
The two readings assigned for this week are both about school choice in New York City. How do these articles relate to your school profile? How do they inform/speak to your understandings of earlier class readings about racial/ethnic/class segregation in New York City schools?
Dear all –
Here is a 5 minute radio story about admissions to the specialized high schools this spring, and how some people are thinking about trying to change it.
Because of a combination of scheduling changes and snafus, we are going to be discussing two articles that I did not intend to pair together in one class session this week. For this post, you may choose to either write about Hammack’s comparative history of exclusive public high schools in New York and San Francisco or my article on small school reform, or both. I’d like to know how the article (or articles) have changed your view of these types of schools (newly-created small schools or highly-selective public high schools), or if they did not change your views at all, why not?
As I am sure you’ve already heard, Baruch is closed tomorrow and we will not have class. We will plan on discussing the reading assigned for tomorrow (Hammack) and my article on Monday the 26th, which should catch us up. I hope that Denisse can visit us on the 28th instead of tomorrow. I will confirm this once I know for sure. Please let me know if you have any questions.