MORE is proud to endorse the call by our friends and allies in ICOPE, BYNEE and MANY for a chancellor who has a progressive vision for New York City schools and for a open and democratic process for their selection that includes the voices of parents, teachers and students.
Please see full and detailed text of the two calls below
We need a chancellor who came up from the ranks of the NYC school system-teacher, assistant principal, principal, etc. We need someone who shall NOT require a waiver to be chancellor. We need a chancellor who will tackle the following problems: Discipline, need for 600 schools for disruptive children, work-study programs, smaller class sizes, getting ATR teachers back into regular programs and NOT relegating them to substitute status, ending the Leadership Academy and removing all current Leadership Academy people who became principals. These people never taught. How can they evaluate a teacher’s performance? Could we evaluate a brain surgeon? ED M. GREENSPAN- B.A., M.S., BROOKLYN COLLEGE RETIRED N.YC. TEACHER OF 32 YEARS. 19 YEARS IN DISTRICT 17 AND 13 YEARS IN DISTRICT 21.
On Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Movement of Rank and File Educators wrote:
morecaucusnyc posted: “MORE is proud to endorse the call by our friends and allies in ICOPE, BYNEE and MANY for a chancellor who has a progressive vision for New York City schools and for a open and democratic process for their selection that includes the voices of parents, tea”
You are describing Dr. Marc Epstein! He is someone with experience in all the areas mentioned above as well as an extensive knowledge and critical eye towards all of these so called “new” education ideas. Lets get some momentum behind his consideration.
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/petition-for-nyc-chancellor
Mr. Greenspan makes some good points but don’t expect all of them to be implemented. Whatever leads to better learning outcomes for the majority of students is what the focus should be. the mayor is not going to remove any principal unless the school is significantly underperforming, and that usually takes four years, and never if the principal has connections. 600 schools, never happen certainly not under DeBlasio. What he offers as a contract should give you an idea, but don’t expect miracles