Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Campbell Brown Fails To Understand How The Teacher Discipline Process Works And That's A Shame!

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Failed journalist and pseudo-reform advocate, Campbell Brown can't seem to understand that when teachers are accused of misconduct that ...
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Sunday, August 25, 2013

The DOE's Corrupt Investigative Process.

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What does Mayor Bloomberg his poodle, the clueless Chancellor Dennis Walcott, and the failed journalist, Campbell ...
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Friday, August 23, 2013

Michael Mulgrew's Knockout Of Campbell Brown

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I am usually critical of my union for allowing Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his cronies at Tweed to poison and dis...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

The DOE's Scarlet Letter

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Only in the bizzaro world of the New York City Department Of Education (DOE) does a teacher who was found innocent of c...
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Saturday, August 17, 2013

My Interview With A Disgruntled Education 4 Excellence Member.

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During the summer I was contacted by a teacher who wanted me to hear his story about joining and eventually leaving Educators 4 Excellence...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Why I Believe It Will Be A Bill de Blasio/Bill Thompson Runoff.

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After watching the Democratic mayoral debate, I am more and more convinced that it will end up to be a Bill de Blasio/John Thompson runoff...
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Monday, August 12, 2013

Mayor Bloomberg's Legacy Is That The Achievement Gap Is Wider Now Than When He Came Into Office.

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Well, the results are in and the academic achievement gap between Asians and Whites on one hand and Blacks and Hispanics on t...
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Saturday, August 10, 2013

To The Education Reformers. It Really Is About Community, Family, And Poverty.

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The revised New York State tests came out and as predicted, every school district saw drops in the passing rates.  In the well-to-do schoo...
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Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Why The Open Market Transfer System Is A Joke.

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Today is the final day for teachers to look for vacancies under the Open Market Transfer System (OMTS) and just like...
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Sunday, August 04, 2013

Teaching New Americans In Summer School. It's A Pleasure.

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I must admit I wasn't looking forward to teaching high school science to recently arrived students to the country...
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Thursday, August 01, 2013

Why It's Important To Be In A Good School With The Teacher Evaluation System. Unless You Want To Be Terminated.

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Looming on the horizon is the New York State teacher evaluation system that will be a "house of cards" and ...
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Sunday, July 28, 2013

Why New York City Is Not Detroit.

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I read the article by "Ed the Apple" and must disagree that the bankruptcy in Detroit is a warning sign for New Y...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Why Teacher Tenure Is Important.

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In today's New York Daily News there is a sympathetic piece about a teacher who was pressured to resign from his $75,000 p...
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Saturday, July 20, 2013

The Real Story On What An ATR Costs A School's Budget, Assuming The Fair Student Funding Program Is Not Fully Implemented.

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In my last post I received a comment from a high union official who claimed that I was not being factual on how much ...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The City Pulls All Stops To Get "Select" Newbie Teachers Hired While Trying To Kick ATRs To The Curb.

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The DOE has shown once again how they will go to great lengths to get "newbie teachers" hired while making it difficult for...
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Monday, July 15, 2013

Principal Alison Coviello's Motto. "Do As I Say Not What I Do".

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I have been reading South Bronx's running account of his problems with the Principal at P.S. 154, Dr. Alison Coviello.  According to S...
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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Randi Weingarten's Legacy That Has Made Teaching In The NYC Classroom A Minefield.

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There is little doubt that teaching in the New York City classroom has become an increasingly hostile experience unde...
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Monday, July 08, 2013

What Is The Most Important Characteristic of A Quality Teacher? Connecting With The Students.

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Everybody agrees that all classrooms should have a "quality teacher" instructing the students.  However, when you ask the va...
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Friday, July 05, 2013

Just Another DOE Double Standard When It Comes To Punishing Principal Minerva Zanca For Alleged Racist Misconduct.

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Here we go again!  The DOE fails to take any action against a Principal of a closing school who allegedly made rac...
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Tuesday, July 02, 2013

The DOE's Idea Of Academic Excellence Is Different From The State And The Colleges Know It When It Comes To Science.

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I was always wondering why the State's and the City's idea of academic excellence were somewhat different.  So I decided to look at ...
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