By: Gideon
I’m leery of where this is heading: do we really want the focus to be on minutes per subject and seat time as opposed to quality of instruction and programs. There is no reason to believe that schools...
View ArticleBy: jim/gym
Knowing the vindictive nature of the Tweed folks they will look to retaliate somehow. For example they may drop the P.E. offerings in the high schools. The state requirement is for classes per...
View ArticleBy: asevans
My son’s elementary and middle schools had very limited gym time due to there being too many children and only one gym. His middle school gym classes averaged 70 children, so you can imagine how...
View ArticleBy: Michael M. (parent still)
Waiting for the School Progress Reports for gym. Progress metric for O2 uptake, based on metabolic proficiency, etc.
View ArticleBy: A former Teacher
It is difficult to observe and evaluate a class that is not being offered or bears no resemblance to the class it is intented to be e.g. the high school yoga class being held once, possibly twice a...
View ArticleBy: PE Teacher
I’ve been a NYC physical education teacher for over 10 years. The city does an audit of PE hour compliance every couple of years. It never has had much of an impact on actually forcing schools to...
View ArticleBy: leoniehaimson
DOE’s response to the audit is really quite radical: they write that they refuse to monitor schools’ compliance with state mandates in any subject area. Of course that’s not true — they would not...
View ArticleBy: Mary Conway-Spiegel
“We know we have more work to do in this area…” That response along with many other robotic answers parents, communities and elected officials get from DOE (like – “Closing schools is the hardest...
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