>”Yesterday, I was falsely accused of paranoia here by amateur psychologist and professional know-nothing Greg Goodknight. Of course, in the wake of the travesty of democracy we have witnessed in Ridgewood, NJ this week thanks to the clandestine efforts of a tiny group of activists, some of whom don’t even live in New Jersey, let alone in Ridgewood. By making anonymous calls and sending anonymous e- mails, this little group of brown shirts undid the legitimate hiring of a top-notch superintendent because he’d written favorably and intelligently about constructivism and was perceived to support the legitimately selected K-5 math program in Ridgewood, INVESTIGATIONS IN NUMBER, DATA, and SPACE. From what I’ve read, the personal attacks on his integrity and that of his wife were the usual vicious “parents with pitchforks” lies that have been the stock in trade of followers of the leadership of Mathematically Correct and NYC-HOLD. I’m sure those who hold with the beliefs of those groups are congratulating themselves for their “math warrior” victory. The rest of Ridgewood is wondering how fewer than 100 people could cost the town the $20,000 already spent on a job search to land Martin Brooks and the additional money that must now be spent to find a new superintendent.I had a cordial e-mail from Dr. Brooks this morning and I’m confident that had these unprincipled assassins not been allowed to operate with impunity in Ridgewood, the town would have gotten an outstanding leader for its public schools. The effect of what this band of jackals has done is likely to be very chilling as the town tries to find a person of equal ability in the wake of the unjustified personal attacks on Dr. Brooks and his wife.This is the Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove, and George W. Bush legacy. The good news is that I believe this incident will gain enough local and national attention that perhaps “paranoids” like me will be less easily ignored by people in a position to do something before it’s completely impossible for anyone calling her or himself a progressive educator or liberal to seek work in public schools. More importantly, those who have yet to take these hate groups seriously will perhaps now be galvanized into principled and serious opposition to this sort of hijacking of our schools and our democracy.”
User Profile for: mikegol_@_MICH.EDU
UserID:
2957
Name:
Michael Paul Goldenberg
Email:
mikegold@UMICH.EDU
Registered:
12/3/04
Occupation:
Lecturer in Mathematics Education, University of Michigan-Flint
Location:
Ann Arbor, MI
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>hey PJ does this clown know over 7,000 people read this blog ?
so he is calling every one in town the oposes dumb dumb a right wing nut job ?
well sir I am no right wing nut job ,just a parent that still thinks my kids need to learn how to add
>does this dope speak for the BOE?
>this guy is a wacko
>i hear this guy tries to bully people in forums …heheheheheheh I cant wait PJ ….folks if your kid is a stupid failure its your ,his or hers and the schools fault not george bush or bill clintons fault they dont live in ridgewood
>i am gald to hear its not my fault for a change….
>This guy must be the head lunatic of the “lunatic fringe” I read alot about. Oh, I forgot, this guy is supposed to be defending TERC. Seems like they let their pit bull out of his cage. Well, this pit bull has alot of bluster and that’s about all. Sounds like a dying “ist”.
>Univ. of Michigan, one of the most liberal of all our colleges. There is no way I would send my kid to their undergrad program.
They have been a bunch of lefties since I was a kid some 40 years ago. This guy just proves that “stupid is as stupid does.”
>So, let’s see, this 53-year-old Goldenberg grew up in Fairlawn, now lives in Michigan (my condolences to the Michiganders)and fancies himself an expert on what is wrong with Ridgewood. Saw his picture on his blog and he looks like he’s about 80. Maybe he should try to get Brooks a job in Flint, MI where he lectures. Flint is quite the urban area and I understand that TERC was created for students in urban areas.
>”outsider” Michael Paul Goldenberg?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenophobia
>I am sure he is getting involved because the BOE asked him….
>Perhaps Regina Botsford, Acting Superintendent, contacted this Michael Paul Goldenber or she’s on his e-mailing list. His location is Ann Arbor, Michigan. According to Regina’s bio, she supervised school improvement and professional development services for the 93 schools in the Washtenaw Intermediate School District in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
>So to disagree is to hate according to the lecturer Goldenberg.
THERE SHALL BE NO MORE DISAGREEMENT WITH ELECTED LEADERS….
There. Now that I am a pacified citizen of Ridgewood, please feel free to burn me at the stake.
Use organic steak sauce please.
>Oh my! What a lunatic!
He just served it up for everyone to see.
Scary that Brooks knows this guy and REGINA knows him too.
Yikes…RUN for your life.
>Brooks & Botsford better distance themselves from Goldenberg ASAP. He’s vewy vewy scawey that wascally wacko!
>Goldberg = Wacko Jacko
>for the folks who criticize Goldberg for being an “outsider”: did you voice the same concern when VOR Math cited NYU and Stanford professors in their criticisms of TERC?
>for the folks who criticize Goldberg for being an “outsider”: did you voice the same concern when VOR Math cited NYU and Stanford professors …no because they are not idiots calling everyone in town names
>You can hardly compare Goldberg to the professors at NYU and Stanford. Goldberg is not a lecturer at the University of Michigan rather he is a lecturer for UofM at their satellite location, Flint, Michigan. Hardly impressive.
>Sorry, I agree with the previous poster.
Professors of Applied Mathematics at Stanford, Harvard and NYU are a level above this man.
>> no because they are not idiots calling everyone in town names
the irony of that sentence is rich
>> no because they are not idiots calling everyone in town names
Is this person saying Professors at Stanford, Harvard and NYU who think reform Math doesn’t prepare children for college level mathematics are “idiots.”
Wow…who lives in this town?
Has anyone checked Goldenberg’s Curriculum Vitae?
Undergraduate and Masters’ degrees in ENGLISH. (LinkedIn) Another Masters’ in “Mathematics Education.” (LinkedIn)
Not the same thing as being highly trained in mathematics. No comparison to real mathematicians. Also, THREE years teaching in the classroom in MATHEMATICS. (LinkedIn)
Move out of the classroom and CONSULT. This is what people do when they don’t know or like teaching kids mathematics. If they can’t be successful their own way, by God, they are going to force everyone else to do it their way.