On October 24, 2015, the U.S. Department of Education released their Testing Action Plan as a response to the increasing concern of parents, teachers, and students that standardized testing is, in their words, “unnecessary,” consumes “too much instructional time” and creates “undue stress for educators and students.” On first reading, Obama and Duncan seem to be saying that they want… Read more →
There was great energy around the first day of East. Teachers, school leaders, scholars, and others in the East community took to Twitter to share the excitement. Ready for our 6-8 scholars! #GoEast pic.twitter.com/LYn6xJ2O2U — Leslie Rivera (@LMRivera02) September 8, 2015 The good cheer fairy struck ELA! excited for our first day of a great year! #FirstDayEast #goeast @east_high_rcsd pic.twitter.com/DDQ0Al6saz… Read more →
In response to Emanuel AME Church Massacre Requires a Response – White Educators and Allies’ Responsibilities by Nancy Ares, published on June 23, 2015. Dear Dr. Ares, Thank you for asking for my feedback on the tragic and racially motivated killings in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina. The tone of your blog and how you framed the… Read more →
One of the classes I enjoy teaching the most is Literacy Learning as Social Practice. A key reason is the final assignment. Students do a critical literacy project where they identify a social issue or problem they are interested in investigating, research that problem, and then develop a social action that addresses that problem. For critical literacy, the action taken… Read more →
This is my speech given at Preserving Public Education: The Foundation of Our Democracy, an event organized by teachers from several area school districts. Approximately 650 people were in attendance. Spencerport, New York March 19, 2015 We face a crisis in public education. But, not because the schools are failing. In fact, given the high childhood poverty rate in our cities… Read more →
On May 31st, the Working Families Party, after much debate, endorsed Governor Cuomo for re-election. See http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/01/nyregion/cuomo-secures-support-of-working-families-party.html?_r=0. However, Cuomo was severely criticized for favoring charter schools over public schools and taking campaign contributions from charter school CEOs and hedge fund managers. For a short analysis of Cuomo’s politics see my article “A cautionary tale: Governor Cuomo and the effort to… Read more →
Testimony by Kevin W. Meuwissen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Teaching and Curriculum, Warner School of Education, University of Rochester Rochester, New York New York State Assembly Standing Committees on Higher Education and Education; Joint Hearing on New Statewide Teacher and School Building Leader Certification Requirements Wednesday, April 30, 2014 Hamilton Hearing Room, Legislative Office Building Albany, New York We… Read more →
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