David Steiner

How Should New York Measure Teachers?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Testing, Merryl Tisch, New York City Department of Education, Andrew Cuomo, Teacher Evaluations, Arne Duncan, New York State Board of Regents, David Steiner, John King, Standardized Tests, Teachers, Value-Added, Education News

NEW YORK -- As different states seek their own methods for evaluating a profession whose job security has long been determined by experience rather th...

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Bloomberg's Appointee Confirmed As NYC City Schools Chief

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: New York City Schools, Dennis Walcott, David Steiner, Michael Bloomberg, New York State Education Department, Cathie Black, Joel Klein, New York, New York City, New York News

NEW YORK -- One week after magazine maven Cathie Black’s abrupt departure from her post as New York City schools chancellor, it’s official -- Mayo...

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National Lessons From Cathie Black's Departure

Sarah Butrymowicz | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Mayoral Control, David Steiner, Mike Petrilli, Michael Bloomberg, New York City, Cathie Black, Education Reform, Education News

Mayor Michael Bloomberg's surprise announcement Thursday that Cathie Black is resigning as New York City Schools Chancellor reveals some of the challe...

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NY Education Commissioner David Steiner To Resign

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Merryl Tisch, New York State Board of Regents, David Steiner, New-York-Education-Commissioner, New York Education, New York Education Commissioner, New York News

NEW YORK -- First the city, now the state. Just hours after the news broke that New York City Schools Chancellor Cathie Black was stepping down, t...

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Ask Customers to Use Less of Your Product: The Big Heresy

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

Xerox and Waste Management are doing something mostly unheard of: they're working with customers to use less of their traditional product or service. That's a big shift in business as usual.

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Cathie Black Officially Gets Waiver To Lead NYC Schools

AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cathie Black, Schools Chancellor Cathie Black, Cathie Black Waiver, Michael Bloomberg, NYC Schools, Nyc Schools Chancellor, David Steiner, Shael Polakow-Suransky, Education News

NEW YORK — The state education commissioner agreed Monday to let publishing executive Cathie Black serve as New York City schools chancellor, pu...

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State Ed Commissioner Caves to Pressure from the Billionaire Boys Club

Andrew Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shael Polakow-Suransky, Education Reform, David Steiner, Chancellor Joel Klein, Diane Ravitch, Broad Foundation, Cathie Black, Education News

In an attempt to "compromise" and satisfy everyone, State Education Commissioner David M. Steiner appears to have satisfied no one.

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Cathie Black To Get Waiver, Senior Deputy Chancellor

AP | CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shael Polakow-Suransky, Schools Chancellor Cathie Black, Nyc Public Schools, David Steiner, Nyc Schools Chancellor, Michael Bloomberg, Cathie Black, Education News

NEW YORK — The state's education commissioner will grant media executive Cathie Black a waiver to serve as chancellor of the nation's largest sc...

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Cathleen Black: Education's Sarah Palin?

Gary Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shael Polakow-Suransky, David Steiner, Cathleen Black, Michael Bloomberg, Broad Superintendents Academy, Eli Broad, Sarah Palin, Palin, Bloomberg, Education News

It was business as usual on Friday as David Steiner apparently has agreed to provide Bloomberg with the waiver he needs to appoint Cathleen Black as t...

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The Appointment of Cathleen Black and the Trouble with Corporate Schooling

Gary Anderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: School Reform, Corporate Education, David Steiner, Cathleen Black, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, Pay for Performance, David Whitman, Charter Schools, Charles Payne, Fordham Institute, High-Stakes Testing, John Dewey, Lisa Delpit, W. Edwards Deming, Education News

The corporate community and most venture philanthropists, persist in thinking schools should be run like businesses. This time around though, instead of the factory model school, they have bequeathed us the latest business fads.

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Goodbye Joel Klein, You Will Not Be Missed

Peter Zucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, David Steiner, News Corp., Cathie Black, Joel Klein, Rupert Murdoch, Uft, Mike Mulgrew, Education Reform, New York City, Education News

This is not the time for the teachers of NYC to roll out the welcome mat and bring cookies and milk. This is the time to start taking the offensive. I believe the deform movement is on the ropes.

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Will Steiner Waver on Cathie Black's Waiver?

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merryl Tisch, Simon McCormack, David Steiner, Winnie Hu, Michael Bloomberg, Cathie Black, Joel Klein, Sheldon Silver, Patricia Lancaster, Robert LiMandri, Cathie Black Joel Klein, New York News

The prospect for the granting of a waiver to Cathie Black so she can serve as New York City's school chancellor may have dimmed a bit in the last two days.

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Cathie Black: But Can She Teach?

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Mills, Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani, David Steiner, Michael Bloomberg, Cathie Black, Joel Klein, Hearst Magazines, Gordon Ambach, Harold Levy, Robert Wagner Jr., New York News

One would imagine that if one were seeking to fill the most important school superintendency in the US, some person could be found who was both a brilliant manager and had some experience in education.

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Race to the Top and Charter School Autonomy

Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merryl Tisch, Education Reform, Arne Duncan, David Steiner, Charter Schools, Barack Obama, Race to the Top, New York News

In an unintended consequence of Race to the Top, as states seek to implement its highly prescriptive set of favored policies, charter school autonomy may become an innocent victim.

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New York State School Leadership Fiasco: The Illusion of Rigor

David A. Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merryl Tisch, Arne Duncan, David Steiner, Northwest Evaluation Association, Race to the Top, William Johnson, Education Reform, New York, New York Education, Rockville Center, New York Education Commissioner, New York Board of Regents, New York News

This past week the New York State Education Department released the scores of proficiency tests in math and English. The "proficiency" level of students in New York has plummeted through the floor.

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NYS Education Commissioner Vows Reform After Homeless Brooklyn Girl Denied Diploma

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homeless Student, David Steiner, Dipoma Homeless Student, Rosa Bracero, New York Education Commissioner, New York News

After a wave of negative press, New York State Education Commissioner David Steiner is vowing that what happened to homeless Brooklyn high school seni...

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New York Falls Short on Race to the Top

Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merryl Tisch, Joel Klein, Teachers Union, Governor David Paterson, Arne Duncan, David Steiner, Michael Bloomberg, Barack Obama, Race to the Top, Charter Schools, Education Reform, New York News

This week, as the deadline approached for filing New York's application for $700 million in federal Race to the Top Dollars, the New York State Legislature did nothing. That's right, nothing.

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Gov. Paterson Forfeits Leadership Role in Race to the Top; Will Anyone Step Forward?

Thomas W. Carroll | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Richard Ravitch, Merryl Tisch, Education, David Steiner, David Paterson, New York, Race to the Top, New York Schools, Charter Schools, School Reform, Education Reform, New York News

The governor's inaction -- perhaps disinterest -- in whether New York has a shot at hundreds of millions of dollars in federal education aid underscores the current vacuum on educational issues.

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