Thursday, August 30, 2012

What Will The New School Year Bring? Probably A Continuation Of The Problems That Ended Last Year's School Year.

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The major question on everybody's mind is what will be the changes in the upcoming 2012-13 school year from the end of the 2011-12 sch...
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Monday, August 27, 2012

Mayor Bloomberg Can Minimize Layoffs Of City Workers By Placing ATRs In All Existing Vacancies

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The Mayor experienced a major setback when a judge ruled that the City's plan to sell taxi medallions for fare pickups in the outer bo...
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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Why Doesn't The Union File Expedited Grievances When Selected Teachers Are Reassigned Out Of Their Borough?

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There seems to be a misconception that there are no more "rubber rooms" and teachers mo longer spend many months and even yea...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The Treacherous Road To The Teacher Evaluation Process, The Contract Negotiations, And A Resolution To The ATR Crises.

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As we all know that contract negotiations between the Blommberg Administration and the UFT is at a standstill.  Our last contract expired in...
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Saturday, August 18, 2012

There Are Rumors That The DOE And The UFT Have Reached A Framework For An ATR Buyout. The Question, If True? What Are The Details?

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I have heard rumors that the UFT and DOE have reached a tentative agreement for the price of the buyout for long-term ATRS, (more than one y...
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Sunday, August 12, 2012

For Veteran Teachers, The Open Market Transfer System For 2012 Has Been A Joke.

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While the DOE and UFT keep the actual statistics secret, and for good reason, anecdotal evidence suggest that few veteran teachers received ...
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Wednesday, August 08, 2012

To Be An Effective Teacher You Need The Proper Resources, Administrative Support, And Most Of All, An Enforceable Student Discipline Policy.

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I keep hearing the Emperor, Michael Bloomberg, and his poodle, Chancellor Dennis Walcott claim that they want "effective teachers"...
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Friday, August 03, 2012

Why Doesn't The DOE Punish Principals Who Hide Their Vacancies? Because They Do Not Care To.

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The actions by Principal Ann Chester at Fort Hamilton High School has spotlighted that many principals  refuse to hire ATRs for their vaca...
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Wednesday, August 01, 2012

The DOE Claims "Children First"...Always. However, The Truth Is Otherwise. Just Ask The Students At Jamaica High School.

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The DOE has a slogan that claims "children first"...Always , except it is not true.  The DOE is much more interested in their own...
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Friday, July 27, 2012

New York State Education Department Finally Agrees That The NYC DOE School Selection Policy Puts Low-Performing Students In Selected Large Comprehensive Schools.

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Over the years educational critics have complained that the DOE's school selection policy that put high needs and low-performing student...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

There Is No Excuse Mayor Bloomberg And Chancellor Walcott For Your Failure To Narrow The Racial Achievement Gap. Instead It Actually Widened!

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With the release of the 2012 test scores for the elementary and middle schools the data shows that the student  racial achievement gap has...
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Friday, July 20, 2012

The Bogus 18D Interview Process And Why Did The UFT Even Participate In This Travesty?

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As you all know for 24 "turnaround schools", teachers were forced to reapply for their jobs and in almost all cases the results...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

I Nominate Mayor Bloomberg & Chancellor Walcott For The Knucklehead Award As They Lose $58 Million Dollars In Their Ill-Conceived Turnaround Policy.

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I have nominated Mayor Bloomberg & Chancellor Walcott for the "knucklehead award" for their risky and ill-conceived  "...
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Monday, July 16, 2012

The Christine Rubino Facebook Decision And Why The Arbitrator's Award Is Excessive.

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As many of my followers know, Christine Rubino's case has made the newspapers.  She was charged by the DOE for her Faceb...
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Friday, July 13, 2012

According To A Former Stooge Of Bloomberg And Klein All Educational Decisions Are Now Based Upon Political Considerations Than What Is Best For The Children.

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Last week the former Deputy Chancellor, Eric Naldestern wrote an article that stated that all the educational decisions needed to be vett...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

The Mayor Loses Yet Again As A Judge Refused To Issue An Injunction Stopping The Rehiring Of Teachers In The Turnaround Schools.

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The Mayor loses yet again as a Supreme Court Judge refused the City's request to issue an injunction to stop the rehiring of teachers in...
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Sunday, July 08, 2012

The Mayor And The DOE Put Their Collective Foot In Their Mouth According To The Arbitrator In His Ruling Against THe Sham Turnaround Policy.

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The Mayor demanded what the rationale was for the Arbitrator to rule against the City i9n its sham "turnaround policy " of the 2...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012

The Emperor Whines That His Decision To Close 24 Schools Was Not Subject To Arbitration After All Now That The City Lost. Boo Hoo!

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Well it can now be said that the Mayor's transparent strategy to remove as many senior teachers as he could in one swift action has back...
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Sunday, July 01, 2012

The Emperor Loses A Big One And Gets Royally Screwed As The Independent Arbitrator Strikes Back.

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The arrogant Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, lost a big one on Friday when the INDEPENDENT ARBITRATOR   ruled against the City on the Mayor'...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Why Didn't The DOE Remove The Principal For Covering Up The Beating Of A Student By The Dean?

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The New York Daily News was given a video of a 300 pound dean bashing a 125 pound teenager into a table and based upon the video footage t...
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