Friday, January 31, 2014

Why We Must Eliminate The ATR Pool

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One of the more shameful policies implemented by the Bloomberg Administration was the establishment of the Absent Teac...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Are The SCI Investigators Really Interested In Finding Out The Truth? Not If You Ask Me.

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In the last five years I have written many posts that questioned the fairness and objectivity of the DOE investig...
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Its Time To Put Quality Teachers Back Into The Classroom.

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As we approach the second semester of the 2013-14 school year, the De Blasio Administration should be working on i...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Did Andrew Cuomo Really Tell The Daily News That The State Contract With The Unions Set A Pattern For The City?

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The Daily News editorial board interviewed Governor Andrew Cuomo and claimed that he said the 2011 contract the ...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Chancellor Carmen Farina's Actions Show Its More About Babysitting Then A Child's Safety Or Education.

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Chancellor Carmen Farina has made a second poor decision in not closing New York City Schools today.  Despite the Mayo...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Who's Next To Leave Tweed? Waiting For The Exodus.

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The New York Times broke the news that Tweed flunky and Deputy Chancellor Shael Polakow-Suransky is resigning in t...
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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Its Time To Stop Funding And Hiring From The Flawed "Leadership Academy".

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In today's New York Post, there are more revelations about Principal Marcella Sills of PS 106 in Far Rockaway.and how the DOE ignor...
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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Memo To Andrew Cuomo, Merit Pay Doesn't Work!

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Governor Andrew Cuomo in his education speech protected the increasingly criticized "Teacher Evaluation System...
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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Will The De Blasio Administration Eliminate the "Gotcha Mentality" At Tweed?

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One of the most anticipated changes that students, parents, and teachers are waiting for is a change of tone at the DOE...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Why Didn't Chancellor Carmen Farina Remove Principal Marcella Sills From PS 106?

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In her first real test to show that as Chancellor, Carmen Farina would change the dysfunctional DOE, she has failed t...
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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Marcella Sills, Another Leadership Academy Principal Acting Badly And The DOE Does Nothing About It.

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Yet another "Leadership Academy Principal" has turned up apparently "acting badly".   This time its ...
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Friday, January 10, 2014

A Story About A Father And Daughter When It Comes To Getting A Job Interview In The NYC Public Schools.

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This story is real and is a symptom of what's going on when it comes to hiring teachers in the New York City Public...
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Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Where Did The DOE Job Losses Come From? Not From Tweed!

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The Chalkbeat New York published information that came from the Independent Budget Office (IBO) that showed that the...
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Sunday, January 05, 2014

The Father Factor.

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Now that Bloomberg is gone and the new Mayor is the progressive Bill de Blasio, the "tale of two cities" ...
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Friday, January 03, 2014

The Real Story On Principals Hiring Teachers.

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During the Bloomberg years one of his familiar slogans was to hire "quality teachers" for the New York C...
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Wednesday, January 01, 2014

To Carmen Farina. Its Time To Take Out The Trash At Tweed.

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' ' Now that Michael Bloomberg and his poodle ex-Chancellor Dennis Walcott are gone.  Its time for the new...
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Monday, December 30, 2013

Linking The State 2011 Contract With The Proposed Five Year City Contract Is Like Comparing "Apples To Oranges".

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I am somewhat astounded that anybody with a bit of intelligence believes that the Bloomberg Administration's pro...
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Saturday, December 28, 2013

It's Time To Eliminate The Bureaucratic Bloat At The DOE.

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As the new year begins we have a new Mayor and Chancellor and while there are many priorities they must address. ...
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Santa Claus's Experience As A Weekly Rotating ATR.

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It's Christmas once again and the very best present the New York City Public School System will receive when...
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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

How Mayor Bloomberg, "The Grinch", Stole Christmas From Municipal Workers.

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We all know the story about the "Grinch" .   Yes, that evil thing that wanted to destroy Christmas and th...
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