A few weeks ago I was at a conference on early childhood education at CCNY titled: "In Defense of Childhood: Play and Active Learning in Urban Schools...
Teachers are sick and tired of being scapegoated for "failing schools."
At an April 22 hearing on charter schools held by NY State Senator Bill Perkins, Diane Ravitch, the noted educator, cited many of the issues that have been raised in the past by critics of the schools.
The recent controversy over the planned expansion of NYU reminds me that it is time to put on my professor cap and make a few observations about my experiences in higher education.
