Chaz's School Daze

Bloomberg has told Joel Klein that he must find 324 million dollars in budget cuts. The question is how will the DOE do this.? Will they r...

The ever increasing teachers being reassigned to the "rubber room" have decided to fight back. On Monday January 21st, fifteen t...

In the real world most companies want older and experienced workers. These workers are the most dependable and mentor the younger and inexp...

The DOE has apparently expanded the definition of the "probable cause" section for teachers subject to 3020a proceedings. The ...

I read with utter shock that Randi Weingarten had her 50 th birthday party and didn't invite me. As a dedicated dues-paying member o...

I found the e-mail from Chancellor Joel Klein quite humorous. The e-mail claimed how pro-teacher he is. However, it's not what you say...

Back in November 2003 an anonymous 5 th -grade teacher took Allan Sherman's classic hit about a summer camp (hello Muddah , hello Faddah...

According to the union over 4,600 teachers resigned over the last year. This is double the resignations of the previous years. These resi...

It is becoming very obvious that the DOE's idea of a good teacher has the following qualities. 1. Less than 5 years of experience (che...

Despite an upcoming budget deficit that requires the DOE to reduce spending by 2.5% , the DOE has allocated one million dollars to hire a ...

As predicted, the money is similar to the DC37 pact with a 7.1% increase for 24 months with a 2% raise on October 13, 2007 and a 5% raise on...

The negotiation committee is now down to a more manageable 50. However, from my view in the classroom I am suspicious if the negotiators ...

The negotiations between the UFT and the Bloomberg administration is on the fast track and it appears that the takebacks are being left b...

The Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government has chosen Mayor Bloomberg & Chancellor Klein as...

Yes, it's me Cleo Lacey. I have hijacked Chaz's blog to show you the power I have, punks ! Now that I have control of this blog, ...

The increasing clueless and remote Department of Education (DOE) finds dumber & dumber things to impose on the classroom teachers, witho...

One of the problems I see at the high school level is the disconnect the principal has with the student body. This lack of communication wi...

As we enter the final year of our contract with a 3.15% increase and for the average teacher salary of $48,000 this equals $58.15 per payche...

A teacher in the New York City School System is vested , for pension purposes, after five years. However, a teacher must still put in ten y...

When last I wrote about how Tweed was angry that our school refused the wonderful DOE offer of cameras in the schools. The result was to t...