Why does UAlbany get out of Nanocollege split?
From my Campus Notebook column: Disruptive innovation. Bold new partnership. Taking success to the next level. Those are some of the reasons State University of New York officials gave for splitting...
View ArticleStudent test scores plummet
The state now considers less than a third of the students in third through eighth grade proficient in math and English, according to standardized test results released Wednesday. Just 31 percent of...
View ArticleUneven SUNY grad rates
Here’s my appearance on WAMC discussing this story. Today’s A1 story: Two-thirds of the students who enroll in the State University of New York finish within six years, one of the highest graduation...
View ArticleRiding a bus is a big deal
For a kid, one of the most epic parts of the school year is riding the bus for the first time. My daughter, Madeline, took her first school bus ride last week. I wrote about it for my Campus Notebook...
View ArticleIs the college bubble already here?
For the first time in years, the number of students enrolled in college dropped. Does this mean the college bubble is already bursting? From my story: Nationally, college enrollment plunged by 467,000...
View ArticleCareer educator confronts low evaluation rating
A local teacher confronts her future now that she is rated “developing” under the new teacher evaluation system. She is considering leaving the profession. She wonders if the new system really does...
View ArticleNY to break GED testing monoply
Goodbye GED. We’ll have to find another way to describe the high school equivalency diploma. Turns out, GED is a brand name like Xerox, Dumpster and Kleenex. The group that now administers the exam...
View ArticleAlbany’s charter high schools post mixed results
Albany’s charter high schools were among the first public single-sex high schools in the state and nation. They were also billed as a superior option to the Albany school district. Data, from the...
View ArticleIs the Common Core destructive or a game-changer?
Common Core is controversial for many reasons. I’ve written extensively about why some oppose it and the testing culture they feel it has created. Here’s a look at why some teachers are embracing it....
View ArticleThe exploitation of the adjunct
Elizabeth Gordon left Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before the demands of her adjunct teaching job made her sick. Gordon was in her 50s. She made $4,000 a course as an adjunct professor teaching...
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