CUNY START Talk
I’d like to begin by thanking Mia Simon for inviting me to talk with you this morning. I’m glad to be here. There are a number of familiar faces in the room and I’m happy to be back among them. My periodic returns to CUNY are almost always opportunities to
Education Notes
The failure of US public schools to educate working class (and especially black, Hispanic, and Native American) students is not terribly affected by periods of austerity. The schools fail in good times and bad, whether teachers are well paid or not and whether they’re unionized or not. On the other
Finally Doing Something about Specialized High Schools Admissions
Catching Up With Texas and Finally Doing Something about Admissions to the Specialized High Schools The woefully small percentages of black and Hispanic students at the city’s specialized high schools is not a new development, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do something to change it. Here’s my suggestion: the
Gee Follow-up Part 1
Several weeks ago, at our Convocation, Jim Gee addressed almost two hundred teachers and directors. He covered a lot of territory and put forward a number of rather stark propositions in order to argue for a particular approach to the education of individuals who, in one way or another and/or at one point in time or another, are considered to be less prepared than others for particular educational opportunities. I’d like to review some of what he said and then draw out what I think are some of the implications and then ask, if we believe that he is right, what we should do.
Gee Follow-up—Part 2
DATE: December 1, 1997 TO: All Interested FROM: John Garvey RE: Gee Follow-up, Part 2 __________________________________________________________________________ I have now sent out my memo on Jim Gee’s talk and have started to get some responses. Although some of you have already responded to that memo and I will not impose on you to do
Health Care Worker Assessment Project Executive Summary
Introduction In New York City, more than one hundred thousand health care workers work in voluntary hospitals and nursing homes. Most of those institutions belong to the League of Voluntary Hospitals. Many of the workers are represented by 1199, the National Health and Human Service Employees Union. Together, the