tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post5350850047565245840..comments2024-03-26T05:20:10.232-04:00Comments on Between the By-Road and the Main Road: Guest Blog: Miss C Recounts Teaching at a South Bronx Charter SchoolMary Ann Reillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-88133868613863555422018-04-28T18:45:28.664-04:002018-04-28T18:45:28.664-04:00(Hello! I apologize if I advertise in this way) In...(Hello! I apologize if I advertise in this way) In a few hours begins the free promotion of my autobiographical book, and will last a few days. It deals with scams through NGO statutes and the like. I do not think it is a masterpiece, but it will help you protect your children from the flattery of false teachers and prophets.<br /><br />https://www.amazon.it/Ulisse Di Bartolomeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06727839342359794931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-87900258117511281972011-07-09T22:26:55.919-04:002011-07-09T22:26:55.919-04:00@Anonymous Instincts do matter. Certainly if you k...@Anonymous Instincts do matter. Certainly if you know of teachers yelling and humiliating children, you have every right and responsibility as a parent to step in and say something. Such behavior, charter or not, is outrageous. I have had a few exchanged with Deborah Gist and I can't imagine w she would be supportive of any type of abusive situation. Again, if you know that to be occurringMary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-48530133823424246672011-07-09T22:08:53.604-04:002011-07-09T22:08:53.604-04:00As a parent of a soon to be second grader in a new...As a parent of a soon to be second grader in a new RI chafer school which was based off of one of new york city's famed charter schools, I have constantly had that strange gut feeling mothers instinct that something there is not quite right. I am giving it one more year, cautiously, because my son LOVES it. But at what cost? I feel like I will be paying for mental counseling for him in theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-54990840893629916362011-05-07T07:52:45.106-04:002011-05-07T07:52:45.106-04:00I have no idea why you lost a license for a year. ...I have no idea why you lost a license for a year. Hope it at the very least gives you time to consider what you want in the future with regard to employment. Good luck.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-17146120327461736862011-05-06T21:43:57.492-04:002011-05-06T21:43:57.492-04:00I worked in a charter school for 6 weeks. Biggest ...I worked in a charter school for 6 weeks. Biggest mistake of my life. I ended up losing my license for a year. I'll probably never teach again. Charter schools are educational terrorism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-37349724308212812872011-04-20T00:26:06.740-04:002011-04-20T00:26:06.740-04:00@393af734-6a14-11e0-ac6b-000bcdcb5194 Miss c is re...@393af734-6a14-11e0-ac6b-000bcdcb5194 Miss c is reviewing comments as well and I had to smile as I got to the end of your comment and saw that you were quoting Maxine Greene. I know Miss C will appreciate that as well as Miss C has read Maxine Greene too. Living wide awake lives is at the center of living, teaching, leading, and learning well. A good place for us to begin redesigning our work.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-61944178876930913432011-04-20T00:22:01.474-04:002011-04-20T00:22:01.474-04:00@Zed, The post I did (Charter Schools: They'r...@Zed, The post I did (Charter Schools: They're not You Father's Country Club)on the day after Miss C's post explores the issue of the rich and their mistake to think that their child's elite private school is like a charter school. Hope you will take a look at the post as I would be curious as to what you thought.<br /><br />Your ? about why people with power don't get taken Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-33926011332783141932011-04-20T00:15:00.966-04:002011-04-20T00:15:00.966-04:00@Denver Community Newspaper: I will ask Miss C.@Denver Community Newspaper: I will ask Miss C.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-22577179957973066682011-04-18T19:34:07.912-04:002011-04-18T19:34:07.912-04:00Big Time Loss For the Charter School! This was ind...Big Time Loss For the Charter School! This was indeed a well written piece. As a teacher in the public school sector and one who worked in the private school sector, it's no better in either sector. It seems that true leadership is hard to find these days and all these changes and what's best for kids is really not good for them at all. It's the blind leading the blind - it's noAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-79245602933604992062011-04-18T18:59:15.702-04:002011-04-18T18:59:15.702-04:00Queens teacher and Mary Ann:
I don’t know why “ref...Queens teacher and Mary Ann:<br />I don’t know why “reformers" aren’t called out more on the difference between the private schools their children attend and the public schools they so arrogantly want to “fix.” They don’t stint on money for their own kids’ education, but demand that everyone else’s be educated on the cheap. And, they say, it’s not because they’re selfish or greedy - no - butZarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00363020852419328691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-20658836729283542742011-04-18T10:22:26.445-04:002011-04-18T10:22:26.445-04:00Would like permission to republish...Would like permission to republish...DenverCommunityNewspapershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12896200245449394990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-44889938063683055692011-04-17T23:43:57.089-04:002011-04-17T23:43:57.089-04:00Eliza, I actually left a job when scripts came in....Eliza, I actually left a job when scripts came in. I was Dir. of Literacy for a city school system. It was awful The script in that case was SFA. Miss C will not be identifying the school. Sorry but it is a form of protection for Miss C.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-24576244368464868452011-04-17T23:42:10.867-04:002011-04-17T23:42:10.867-04:00Wow, Brent scary story. As an administrator stori...Wow, Brent scary story. As an administrator stories like the one you tell always concern me. Almost always there is an absence of any dialogue. Sorry that happened. Not all admins should be working in their current capacity.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-91616788774548710032011-04-17T23:40:07.472-04:002011-04-17T23:40:07.472-04:00@Schoolgal I didn't know that Congress wanted ...@Schoolgal I didn't know that Congress wanted to label TFA "teachers" as highly qualified. When will the insanity stop?Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-10057872158432544332011-04-17T19:32:33.140-04:002011-04-17T19:32:33.140-04:00I could have written this piece, but about my expe...I could have written this piece, but about my experiences in a public school in Brownsville Brooklyn. Scripted lessons, treating teachers like morons, teaching only to the test etc. And just when you think it can't get any worse or any more devastating for the kids, it does.Elizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08505173145251710545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-91820574742697434452011-04-17T19:19:35.806-04:002011-04-17T19:19:35.806-04:00I agree that these kinds of destructive activities...I agree that these kinds of destructive activities happen both in many district schools and charters. Some charters are started by progressive educators frustrated by the bureaucracy of the Department of Ed; others by people who know nothing of education or of children. Because charters frequently function below the radar, it is important to draw public attention to practices such as Miss C Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06004750186182683013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-17022521400310331552011-04-17T18:42:59.522-04:002011-04-17T18:42:59.522-04:00Unfortunately, this is not just a tale of woes in ...Unfortunately, this is not just a tale of woes in charter schools. As Schoolgal says, this is what's happening more and more in regular public schools. At my school, the disillusionment starts in August and doesn't end until May.<br /><br />"You do nothing to address this." You gotta love the comments from observations. I had a substitute administrator observe my class once (Brent Wescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313269993916969201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-32806437893174132452011-04-17T14:43:48.888-04:002011-04-17T14:43:48.888-04:00Alas, what Ms. C. went through at a charter is wha...Alas, what Ms. C. went through at a charter is what many public schools in NYC (and I would guess outside the NY area) are going through now--especially if their supervisors were trained by the "Leadership Academy". Schools have turned into test-prep academies instead of one that stimulates learning and creativity. As far as retaining good teachers, public school teachers are also Schoolgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02327692336247705060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-3295902100189568832011-04-17T11:10:04.052-04:002011-04-17T11:10:04.052-04:00Susan, along with NCATE often comes rubrics and li...Susan, along with NCATE often comes rubrics and little sense making, and mandated nonsense that I know I resisted as a professor. Professors must resist scripting of self and other, if for no other reasons than modeling such poor pedagogy. In my article, Dressing the Corpse (2009), I include a transcipt of a classroom lesson by a new 2nd grade teacher who had been taught how to "do" theMary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-86730542887569255842011-04-17T11:03:25.028-04:002011-04-17T11:03:25.028-04:00Thanks Jon for asking. Miss C is a pseudonym. I di...Thanks Jon for asking. Miss C is a pseudonym. I didn't ask the name of the school. Parents ought to go and see the school in action. What Miss C describes could not easily be hidden if one viewed the school for any length of time. I would advise parents to ask directly about scripted lessons.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-60784694406185810482011-04-17T08:50:57.655-04:002011-04-17T08:50:57.655-04:00I reposted this fine piece on my website, with ful...I reposted this fine piece on my website, with full attribution. What scares me is that a friend of mine who teaches at a university has HER lesson plans scrutinized--to make sure they include proper instruction on rubrics, et al. No dissent allowed. She's told they have to make sure students are "properly prepared" for what schools expect. So is the object here to make sure new Susan Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14462129579304912310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-6338202644487859712011-04-17T08:47:22.266-04:002011-04-17T08:47:22.266-04:00I hope Miss C will identify the school. Sunshine i...I hope Miss C will identify the school. Sunshine is powerful. Identifying the school enables parents, teachers, and advocates to act for change.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06004750186182683013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-87869271135878234912011-04-16T14:27:30.362-04:002011-04-16T14:27:30.362-04:00I agree Queens Teacher. The distance between this ...I agree Queens Teacher. The distance between this and elite private schools is a distance we cannot calculate.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-20730220804573788032011-04-16T10:33:32.329-04:002011-04-16T10:33:32.329-04:00Thank you for this post! All you experienced is by...Thank you for this post! All you experienced is by design - to keep the job so miserable teachers won't/can't last long enough to collect higher salaries let alone pensions. <br /><br />I can guarantee you this is NOT the education being offered at elite private schools where many "reformers" send their kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-6998055518815085032011-04-14T16:07:28.972-04:002011-04-14T16:07:28.972-04:00Thanks all for your comments. I will be sure that ...Thanks all for your comments. I will be sure that Miss C gets a chance to read them. Teacher-proofing always fails. And I agree ME, it does let us know how little the school "leaders" understand teaching and learning.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.com