Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Chancellor Carmen Farina's Failure To Eliminate The Bloomberg Era Policies Is Her Failure As A Chancellor.

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It has been over three years since Carmen Farina took over as Chancellor of the New York City School System a...
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Monday, March 27, 2017

The Secretive C-30 Selection Process - The Reason Why We Have So Many Terrible Principals.

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I have written about the bad principals I have encountered, read, or heard about, mostly in Queens and in the ...
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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Anoither Case Of The DOE Double Standard When Disciplining Administrators - Santiago Taveras.

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In today's News York Post, embattled Principal Santiago Taveras of Dewitt Clinton High School in the Bronx has offi...
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Thursday, March 23, 2017

Charter Sector High Schools Are The Stepchildren Of The NYC School System

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One of the little known issues in the New York City schools is how terrible most of the charter sector high schools...
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Tuesday, March 21, 2017

UFT Members And The Cumulative Absence Reserve.

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There seems to be some confusion about our Cumulative Absence Reserve (CAR) and how school administrators try t...
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Sunday, March 19, 2017

What Do The DOE And Silicon Valley Have In Common? Hiring Cheap.

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Tonight, CBS's 60 minuets will have a story how the many Silicon Valley technology companies abuse the H-I...
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Saturday, March 18, 2017

Trump's Preliminary Budget Takes A Bite Out Of Public School Education.

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The Trump administration sent a preliminary budget to Congress with massive cuts in education, environment, and ...
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Thursday, March 16, 2017

Are You On Track To A Comfortable Retirement?

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One of the nice perks being an educator in the New York City Public School system is that, if you can last to f...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Student Discipline Is Getting Worse Under The Mayor's Misguided Policies.

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Over the last two years I wrote some posts about how school discipline has been getting worse since Mayor, Bill de Blas...
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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Why Can't Renewal Schools Recruit Quality Teachers?

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Public Advocate, Latitia James, has called for a probe of the policies affecting the Renewal School program.  Sh...
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Sunday, March 12, 2017

Mayor Bill De Blasio's Education Grade Is A Failure.

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When Bill de Blasio campaigned to be Mayor in 2013, his education platform was very impressive,  It promised lower class siz...
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Friday, March 10, 2017

When Statistics Lie About School Violence.

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The Bill de Blasio administration has proudly announced that school suspensions and criminal arrests have dropped si...
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Thursday, March 09, 2017

How Vindictive Is The DOE When It Comes To Whistleblowers? This Vindictive.

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Teachers who have been working in the New York City school system for decades know, either first hand, or from colleagu...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2017

Social Security And NYC Educators.

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 We New York City Public School educator gets some pretty good benefits.  A nice pension, a TDA that gives 7% to 8.25% int...
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Sunday, March 05, 2017

The Renewal High Schools Academically Are Like A One Legged Man In An Ass Kicking Contest.

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One of the greatest failures of the Bill de Blasio Administration is his Renewal School program.  These are stru...
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Saturday, March 04, 2017

Teacher Tenure And Retention.

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Over the years teacher tenure has been under attack.  Even in deep blue and union friendly States like Californ...
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Thursday, March 02, 2017

Senior Teachers Targeted At Thomas Edison High School

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One of the better high schools in Queens is Thomas Edison High School located in the Jamaica Hill section of Queens....
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Wednesday, March 01, 2017

The Teacher Retirement System Needs To Update And Upgrade The TDA With A ROTH Option.

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  In my continuing series to make my readers more financially savvy, I have explored possible improvements to o...
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Tuesday, February 28, 2017

DOE's Fake News When It Comes To Student Academic Achievement.

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Since the election of Donald Trump as President, "fake news" , is the news.  Be it from Trump himself , the D...
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Sunday, February 26, 2017

NYS Constitutional Convention Update.

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In ten months (November 7. 2017), New York State will have a Constitutional Convention referendum to de...
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