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This School Leader Considers SUNY’s Controversial Plan to Allow Charter Schools To Certify Their Own Teachers

(This is a guest post from Raymond Ankrum, Sr., the Executive Director of Riverhead Charter School. It was originally published here on his blog.) SUNY, a nationally recognized charter school authorizer for New York State has recently made headlines for approving a new, innovative approach of allowing its high-performing charter schools to certify their own teachers.  Charter schools in recent… Continue reading This School Leader Considers SUNY’s Controversial Plan to Allow Charter Schools To Certify Their Own Teachers

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No, Rich White Parents Should NOT Refuse Testing for Their Children

The  Daily News reported yesterday that NYSUT, the New York teacher union, has bought about a dozen billboards upstate, as well as ads on bus shelters, urging parents to opt their children out of annual state standardized testing.  This is in spite of the fact that student results are no longer tied to teacher evaluations,… Continue reading No, Rich White Parents Should NOT Refuse Testing for Their Children