"Hoodie Day"

On another post Anonymous wrote:

"Please Post-

Is This Necessary or an Answer-How many black Youths kiled daily . ... Very Sad. .. But we never have silent demonstrations when blacls kill blacks ...

Student walkouts planned at some schools on 'Hoodie Day'
Tribune Review

Several Pittsburgh Public Schools will allow student walk-outs and demonstrations Friday to protest the shooting death of a Florida teenager. The schools, including Pittsburgh Stevens K-8 in Elliot and the Creative and Performing Arts high school, ...

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/breaking/s_788922.html "

Danielson/ Gates

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"For a New Posr-

Danielson and Gates together in collaboration-great read


Charlotte Danielson Enhances Framework for Teaching with New Evaluation Instrument

MarketWatch (press release)

In addition to statewide usage, the Framework has been adopted by hundreds of districts in other states including Los Angeles Unified School District, Pittsburgh Public Schools and Hillsborough County Public Schools. "The widespread adoption of the ...


http://www.marketwatch.com/story/charlotte-danielson-enhances-framework-for-teaching-with-new-evaluation-instrument-2012-03-29 "

Where is our Title I, II and III money going?

Some issues raised in LA:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-lyell/lausd-school-funding_b_1378384.html

Westinghouse seeking a new principal

From the PG:

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/education/pittsburgh-schools-seek-visionary-leader-for-troubled-westinghouse-628276/

A bog of metrics

NYT article about a school "judged a failure by the metrics" but "suceed[ing] where it counts":

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/27/nyregion/brooklyn-school-failing-by-the-data-succeeds-where-it-counts.html

PPG article on effects of budget cuts on schools

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"Make a seperate post-plese read and give comments...

City schools learning to do more with less

Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The first question is not cost but equity: What should all children have in the Pittsburgh Public Schools? The second is: How can that be accomplished and save money? The result is a plan -- now in its final stages of development -- that changes the ...


http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/education/city-schools-learning-to-do-more-with-less-628055/ "

New central office positions

On another post Anonymous wrote:

"lots of new central office positions posted during this financial crisis and laying off of teachers.
Maybe I mistakenly thought there was a hiring freeze until they figured these financial issues out?
Central Office Personnel
Director, Technology Initiatives
Business Analyst
Intern – Information Technology
Network Security Assistant
HR Benefits Assistant II
Project Manager, Professional Development
Workforce Management Specialist
Substitute Services Specialist
Project Assistant, Communications
Project Manager—Student Services (Promise Readiness)"