Meryl Tisch is resigning -- Common Core is goin' down! Can't be too soon
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Good
morning! All eyes were on Chancellor Merryl Tisch yesterday as she
announced what many had suspected: She plans to step down from the Board of
Regents in March. It appears to be the latest indication that we're
entering a new era of education policy in New York, and leaves room for
plenty of speculation about her successor and what the next few months will
look like in Albany. As Geoff tweeted yesterday, "A Tisch-less board is
hard to imagine." We'll be making sense of it here, so stay tuned.
- Sarah Chalkbeat reports Stories brought to you by Chalkbeat reporters Merryl
Tisch, NY’s education leader through Race to the Top era, will step down in
2016 During Tisch's busy tenure as Regents chancellor, New York adopted the
Common Core learning standards, overhauled teacher evaluations to account
for student test scores, and spent nearly $700 million in federal Race to
the Top funds. But the tide has been turning against her policies in recent
months, as she lost allies in Albany and elsewhere. *Read more.*
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Regents
praise Tisch’s leadership, with an eye on what comes next Fellow Regents
praised Tisch's vision on Monday. But the collegial tone glosses over
divides that plagued the board in recent months on contentious issues like
state testing and teacher evaluations.
Meanwhile, Regent Roger Tilles says he feels like Paul Ryan. *Read more.*
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City
to pay for all 11th-graders to take SAT during the school day The
initiative, which will cost the city an estimated $1.8 million per year, is
meant to free students from having to register for the test, request a fee
waiver, or travel to a testing site on a Saturday morning. New York City
now joins 70 school districts and 16 states that paid for students to take
the SAT during the school day last year.
“This is saying, we believe in you, we know you are ready to go to
college,” Chancellor Carmen Fariña said Monday. *Read more.*
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Rise & Shine A roundup of education news and analysis change at the top
Merryl Tisch, who has served as New York’s top education official since
2009 and come to represent the changes of the Race to the Top era, will
step down from the Board of Regents next year, she announced Monday. *Chalkbeat
<http://ny.chalkbeat.org/2015/10/26/merryl-tisch-nys-education-leader-through-race-to-the-top-era-will-step-down-in-2016/#.Vi9Vl2SrT_Q>*,
*SchoolBook
<http://www.wnyc.org/story/merryl-tisch-step-down-board-regents/>*, *New
York Daily News
<http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/tisch-won-seek-term-head-board-regents-article-1.2411602>*,
*New York Post
<http://nypost.com/2015/10/26/merryl-tisch-to-leave-board-of-regents/>*
When she steps down, it will represent the end of a turbulent period in New
York education policy during which the state adopted the Common Core
learning standards and overhauled teacher evaluations to account for
student test scores, sparking an anti-testing backlash but also coinciding
with rising graduation rates. *Chalkbeat
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*New York Times
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/nyregion/merryl-tisch-board-of-regents-chancellor-says-she-will-step-down.html?ref=nyregion>*,
*Wall Street Journal
<http://www.wsj.com/articles/n-y-regents-chancellor-merryl-tisch-to-step-down-1445872804>*,
*NY1
<http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2015/10/26/state-board-of-regents-chancellor-steppng-down-.html>*
Tisch's successor, many said, will be challenged to chart a course between
the Regents who have been supportive of Tisch’s policy decisions and the
growing segment of Regents chosen because they oppose them. *Chalkbeat
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Common Core defenders said Tisch's departure creates some uncertainty.
*Politico
New York
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The Daily News' editorial board calls Tisch "an increasingly lonely bulwark
against the adult-protection racket." *New York Daily News
<http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/editorial-merryl-tisch-uncommon-core-article-1.2412277>*
the road to college
The city will pay for all 11th-graders to take the SAT at their own schools
during class time beginning in spring 2017, officials said Monday, one of a
number of new efforts by Mayor Bill de Blasio to help more city graduates
reach college. *Chalkbeat
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*New York Times
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/nyregion/new-york-city-to-offer-sat-free-to-11th-grade-students.html?ref=education&_r=0>*,
*New York Daily News
<http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/nyc-11th-graders-sat-free-2016-article-1.2412457>*,
*New York Post
<http://nypost.com/2015/10/27/nyc-juniors-wont-have-to-pay-to-take-the-sats-anymore/>*,
*SchoolBook
<http://www.wnyc.org/story/city-offer-free-sat-exams-high-school-juniors/>*
survey says
Statewide, 40 percent of voters think the Common Core standards have made
schools worse, a new poll found, though support was higher in New York
City. *Journal News
<http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2015/10/26/common-core-is-worsening-ny-schools-voters-say/>*
zoning debates
Residents of West 68th Street are protesting the city's plan to change
zoning lines, shifting them from the high-performing P.S. 199 to P.S. 191,
saying they contributed to P.S. 199's long-term success. *DNAinfo
<http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151026/upper-west-side/west-68th-street-residents-demand-stay-ps-191-school-zone>*
As the population of Brooklyn's District 15 grows rapidly, parents and
planning officials are looking ahead and having early discussions. *Gotham
Gazette
<http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/government/5951-brooklyn-neighborhoods-look-to-address-school-overcrowding-avoid-rezoning-issues-seen-elsewhere>*
creative thinking
A longtime New York City school leader says that interacting with works of
art can help principals envision how to improve their schools. *Newsworks
<http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/essayworks/87270-creative-leaders-breathe-life-into-oxygen-deprived-schools>*
Sex Ed
Planned Parenthood of New York City's CEO: The three bills under
consideration by the City Council would help track and evaluate sex
education and are critical to improving it. *City Limits
<http://citylimits.org/2015/10/27/nyc-students-deserve-comprehensive-inclusive-sex-education/>*
court case
Editorial: The latest ruling allowing a legal challenge of teacher-tenure
rules to continue is "a win for David over the union Goliath." *New York
Post
<http://nypost.com/2015/10/26/the-lawsuit-the-teachers-unions-dont-dare-let-go-to-trial/>*
continuing reaction
PBS's ombudsman says too much of a recent PBS NewsHour report on Success
Academy's suspension policies relied on anonymous sources. *PBS
<http://www.pbs.org/ombudsman/home/>*
Meanwhile, a Washington Post media critic says the spat illustrates that if
news organizations "don't tell the full story, the target of your
investigations may feel obliged to do so." *Washington Post
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2015/10/26/new-york-times-pbs-face-stunning-disclosures-from-targets-of-their-investigations/>*
upstate watch
Syracuse is on track to hit a 60 percent graduation rate for the first time
in a decade. *The Post-Standard
<http://www.syracuse.com/schools/index.ssf/2015/10/syracuse_schools_graduation_rate_to_exceed_60_percent_for_first_time_in_decade.html>*
The federal civil rights office is demanding more information from Buffalo
about admissions processes for its higher-performing schools. *Buffalo News
<http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/buffalo-public-schools/buffalo-public-schools-fail-again-to-satisfy-feds-on-civil-rights-plan-20151026>*
Extra credit
The role of the Board of Regents --and its chancellor -- was transformed
under Tisch. A Tisch-less board is hard to imagine.
— Geoff Decker (@GDeckernews) October 26, 2015
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