Pedagogy of the Obsessed

A Casualty of Ed Reform- Why Does a School Close?- Part Two

Episode Summary

Welcome to the second and final part of A Casualty of Ed Reform with David Baiz. In the second part of the episode, David begins the story with Carmen Farina’s closing of small schools and tells how this decision impacted Global Tech School and the teachers, families, and students within the community.

Episode Notes

Welcome to the second and final part of A Casualty of Ed Reform with David Baiz. In the second part of the episode, David begins the story with Carmen Farina’s closing of small schools and tells how this decision impacted Global Tech School and the teachers, families, and students within the community.

Guests include:

• Andrea Gabor: (@aagabor) Bloomberg chair of business journalism at Baruch
  College/CUNY and author of the recently released book, After the
  Education Wars
• Chrystina Russell: Senior Vice President, Global Engagement Movement
  (GEM) at Southern New Hampshire University
• Kayla Hamilton: Special education teacher at Highbridge Green Middle
  School, producer, and dance performer
• Jhonary Bridgemohan: English Language Arts teacher at The Hamilton
  Grange School
• Kaira Batiz: A junior at John Jay College for Criminal Justice (CUNY)
• Arnold Kim: Mathematics teacher at The Hamilton Grange School

Here is an additional piece written at the time David Baiz left the school: http://www.gothamgazette.com/opinion/6858-requiem-for-a-school-that-works

Video of the Joint Public Hearing regarding the closure: https://vimeo.com/251763175