tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post8100823403687399054..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: Joel Klein: As Excellent As He Says He Is? Part IDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-11593528340693359292013-01-05T04:54:34.549-08:002013-01-05T04:54:34.549-08:00It's GUY Brandenburg, not Gary.It's GUY Brandenburg, not Gary. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420674456589471004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-14758204708474345902013-01-02T17:37:13.070-08:002013-01-02T17:37:13.070-08:00Klein and Rhee are in the real world losers. N.Y....Klein and Rhee are in the real world losers. N.Y., according to the latest Deloitte and Touche audit's budget was $23.9 billion for 1.1 million students or about $22,000/student. D.C. is about $29.000/student. How do you both educationally and financially crash school districts with that kind of revenue/student. It is bad enough that LAUSD superintendent Deasy and Board President Garcia constantly state that LAUSD only has $4,800/student when it is actually $11,233/student. Look at how much N.Y. and D.C. have next to LAUSD. It is substantial. Now LAUSD just blows away vast quantities of money it must just be totaly insane in N.Y. and D.C. In fact, you would have to try hard to mess up that much money.george1lahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18232849658779474596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-39808733077038014792013-01-02T10:14:43.437-08:002013-01-02T10:14:43.437-08:00Whenever I hear Joel Klein's name, I'm rem...Whenever I hear Joel Klein's name, I'm reminded of his autohagiography in the Atlantic a few years ago - specifically his claim that he new a whole bunch of New York City teachers, all of whom told him they were burnt out and were holding on only for their pensions.<br /><br />I look forward to your findings!E. Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09154146789130821482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-55172249363017396342013-01-01T13:53:58.718-08:002013-01-01T13:53:58.718-08:00This is also far too generous:
"[T]he anti-t...This is also far too generous:<br /><br />"[T]he anti-teacher and anti-union "reforms" Rhee implemented in D.C. - the very ones she wants to impose on the rest of the country - did nothing to affect large-scale changes in educational outcomes."<br /><br />Not true. They distracted, and wasted at least three years of education. Even ignoring the cheating--which, frankly, I won't do, since it's a clear indication of widespread institutional corruption--DC lost at least five years of potential progress under Rhee (three there and two-or-so to recover), damaged a generation, and increased the time it will take to achieve true long-term gains ("large-scale changes in educational outcomes").Ken Houghtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440837287933536370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-14611969200552718402013-01-01T11:04:25.512-08:002013-01-01T11:04:25.512-08:00Welcome to this side of the river! Klein may have ...Welcome to this side of the river! Klein may have passed to the other side of the Great Revolving Door, but he still needs to be exposed. I wrote a <a href="http://yastreblyansky.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-york-education-world-is-buzzing.html" rel="nofollow">brief post</a> on the MDRC study, more ordinary mockery than the total demolition job I hope you will do.Yastreblyanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335868257729063363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-72048285479315306102013-01-01T10:05:57.812-08:002013-01-01T10:05:57.812-08:00Check out our analysis of NYC's NAEP scores he...Check out our analysis of NYC's NAEP scores here:<br /><br />http://shar.es/hMTDB <br /><br />By comparing the gains of student subgroups, including poor, non-poor, Asian, White, Black, and Latino, NYC made less progress than any of the other large districts since 2003 other than Cleveland. Though test scores are not everything, they are the major way in which the corp reformers judge schools. <br /><br />In addition, class sizes increased rapidly under Klein, as did cheating scandals,demoralization of teachers, scorn for parents, and millions of dollars wasted through mismanagement and corruption. Leonie Haimsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317355552298136811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-1745080465367538372013-01-01T10:05:03.500-08:002013-01-01T10:05:03.500-08:00Ah, Jersey Jazzman, ever the gentleman; you're...Ah, Jersey Jazzman, ever the gentleman; you're far too kind and discreet. What you call Klein's tendency to "take a spin" might be more accurately re-phrased as "lying."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com