New state education commissioner David Steiner might be too cerebral for Albany, writes Thomas Carroll in the GothamSchools community section. Carroll — president of the Foundation for Education Reform and Accountability and a frequent recent contributor to the New York Post — looks at what Steiner has said in the past about curriculum, testing, equity, and pedagogy and finds clear, pointed critiques of how schools operate.
Carroll writes:
I have no doubt David Steiner is ready for his new position as state education commissioner. But, is Albany quite ready for David Steiner?