Sunday, November 29, 2009

The Daily News Editorial Gets It Wrong Again. What Else Is New?

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In today's New York Daily News editorial their clueless editorial staff once again gets it wrong when it comes to the New York City Pub...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Mike Mulgrew, Just Say No To "Givebacks" And Demand The City "Pattern"

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It certainly appears that our union have again made some terrible decisions when trying to negotiate with Michael Bloomberg & Joel Klei...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Principals Are Being Informed That They Do Not Have To Approve Payment For A Teacher Who Sees Their Union Lawyer After Tweed Files 3020-a Charges.

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The DOE has found yet another way to make life a living hell for reassigned teachers by not approving the teacher a paid official business ...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Finally, A Teacher Sues The DOE When Falsely Accused Of Sexual Misconduct

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Over the eight years of Joel Klein's tenure as Chancellor of the New York City's Department Of Education (DOE) the central bureaucra...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Bloomberg Wants More Education Cuts. Where Will The Cuts Come From? Just Don't Expect Them From Tweed.

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Today Mayor Bloomberg requested that the Department Of Education (DOE) cut the 23 billion dollar education budget by 5.5% according to the N...
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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Where Does The Money Go When Teachers Either Settle With Or The Arbitrator Awards Money To The DOE?

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One of the questions that reassigned teachers ask and get no answers from the union is what happens to the money that the teacher either agr...
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Friday, November 13, 2009

Tweed's "Children Last" Program Continues As They Layoff 503 School Aides While Giving Millions To High Priced Consultants

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Tweed went ahead and laid off 503 school aides starting Monday. These school aides are invaluable to the schools, especially in the poor...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Updated Statistics Of The PIP+ Program Are Now Available & They Are As Bad As The First Year Numbers

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The union official in charge of the PIP+ process has updated her numbers for the school year 2008-09 and found that of the 46 teachers who t...
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Why Is Our Union Not Telling The Members At The Schools What They Know About How Administrators Target Teachers For Incompetence?

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Over the last few years the DOE was increasingly frustrated in getting arbitrators to terminate teachers charged with incompetence. To try ...
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Dear Team Polazzo - Why Matt Polazzo's Article Is Wrong

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On my previous post I received a student commenter from Team Polazzo who asked me why I and other education bloggers believe that their te...
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Sunday, November 01, 2009

The First Results Of PIP+ Is Finally Known And It Is Bad, Really Bad

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At one of the 3020-a hearings a UFT official with detailed knowledge of the Peer Intervention Program plus (PIP+) has informed the Arbitrato...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

Its "D-Day" For The DOE Principals As All Vacancies Must Be Filled By Today

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Today is the day when Tweed has threatened the principals with reducing their budgets if they do not fill all their teaching vacancies. Ho...
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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Is It Important To Have An Open 3020-a Hearing? It Is Very Important

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Under New York State Education Law 3020-a the tenured teacher can elect to have either an open or closed hearing. Both the DOE and UFT ( N...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The DOE's PIP+ Program Suffers A Severe Setback As An Arbitrator Throws Out Charges Against A Teacher Who Refused To Take The Program

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In a little noticed decision an Arbitrator has dismissed a charge against a teacher who refused a Principal's order to take the Peer-Int...
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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Nicholas Kristof Scapegoats Reassigned Teachers As The Cause Of Our School System's Failure - Another Ignorant Journalist Who Believes Klein's Lies

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Previously, I posted how these non-educators who are clueless of the New York City schools have these idiotic ideas how to fix them. Now ...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Tweed's Misplaced Priorities As They Terminate 530 School Aides And Hire More Lawyers And Other Non-Educators At Headquarters

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Tweed's "children last" program continues as the DOE authorized the firing of 530 school aides while quietly adding to the ce...
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Friday, October 09, 2009

How To Survive The Corrupt Investigation Process That The DOE Perpetrates On The Teacher

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One of the most corrupt process the DOE perpetrates on the teacher is the investigation process when allegations are made against the teach...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2009

From The Hall Of Shame To The Hall Of Fame

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Many of the Principals that graduate from the so called "Leadership Academy" have brought down the profession and have worsened m...
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Saturday, October 03, 2009

Tweed Protects & Supports Bullying Principals And Allows ThemTo Remove Teachers As They Wish

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The DOE claims that they take bullying very seriously and in the newspaper Gay City News , claim that they have strengthened the "R...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Will Joel Klein Give In And Remove The Hiring Freeze So That Principals Can Hire "Newbie Teachers"?

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It has been two weeks since the citywide ATR job fair has been held and I do not know of any ATRs in Queens who were offered positions for...
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