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Author: Madeleine Cummings

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Movement to Include LGBT History in New York Schools Gains Momentum

May 12, 2014May 12, 2014 - by Madeleine Cummings

Three years after California made teaching LGBT history in schools mandatory, a group of New York City teachers is trying to think of alternative ways to get more of that history taught in classrooms.

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A Teaching Fellow Finds Her Footing

April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 - by Madeleine Cummings

Luisa Cavagna once thought she wanted to be a doctor, but now her heart is in the classroom

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Author Visit from Holocaust Survivor Makes Memoir Come Alive

April 7, 2014March 25, 2020 - by Madeleine Cummings

Inge Auerbacher visits Ditmas Junior High School as part of multi-disciplinary unit on writers’ childhood war diaries and memoirs.

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Ravitch Takes Aim at the Marketplace Reformers

March 6, 2014March 6, 2014 - by Madeleine Cummings

Diane Ravitch takes critical aim at American education reform in The Death and Life of the Great American School System (2010), evaluating the effectiveness of standardized testing, choice, and charter …

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Yes to Gov. Cuomo’s Merit Pay Policy

March 5, 2014March 26, 2020 - by Madeleine Cummings

Merit pay for teachers makes intuitive sense. By rewarding the best with cash bonuses, the theory goes, teachers will respond by working harder. Students will, in turn, perform better. Bright …

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