Saturday, November 29, 2014

When It Comes To College Readiness, Race Matters.

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One of the third rails of education policy is the inclusion of race in evaluating academic achie...
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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Winners Of The 2014 Golden Turkey Award.

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This year saw tremendous competition for the G olden Turkey Award.  There's  State Education commissioner Jo...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Its Quantity And Not Quality When It Comes To Hiring Teachers In The NYC Public Schools.

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With the unexpected wave of retirements, the NYC public school system had to hire 6,000 new teachers.  You would...
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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Family Values

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During last week's cold snap an eighth grade child, I will call her Clara, did not show up to school or atte...
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Saturday, November 22, 2014

The Small Schools That Replaced The Large Comprehensive Schools Are A Failure.

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During the Bloomberg years, the city came up with the bright idea, advocated by Bill Gates and then abandoned as...
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Thursday, November 20, 2014

The Field Supervisor From Hell.

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This is a true story that has happened this school year.  I have kept the names of the teacher and field superviso...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

The Mutual Consent Provision Does Not Apply To ATRs.

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One of the changes in the DOE hiring process was the "mutual consent" provision that our union unwis...
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Monday, November 17, 2014

South Bronx School Will Be On The Radio Tomorrow.

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South Bronx schools, awaiting his 3020-a hearing, will be on WFAS 1230 tomorrow morning.  I'm sure he will talk ab...
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Saturday, November 15, 2014

The DOE Bureaucratic Machine Is Broken And Only A Complete Overhaul Will Fix It.

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Educators have known for years that the DOE is dysfunctional and broken and is need of a complete overhaul.  The...
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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Its Time For ATRs To Have Their Own Chapter.

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Before the signing of the new contract, the UFT said the reason there was no need for a Chapter for ATRs was that the ATR was transitio...
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Monday, November 10, 2014

How Some Schools Manipulate The Graduation Rate.

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During the Bloomberg era, high schools quickly realized that it was politically important for the administration...
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Saturday, November 08, 2014

More Experienced Teachers Headed To The ATR Pool.

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The DOE and union have agreed to use a version of the "turnaround model" at two struggling high schools.  Automo...
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Thursday, November 06, 2014

In This School Its Technology Over Quality Teachers.

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In a highly regarded large comprehensive high school in Northeastern Queens, a Principal is practicing his own ...
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Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Citywide ATR Meeting Next Tuesday - Please Attend.

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There will be a very important organizing meeting for citywide ATRs on Tuesday, November 11th (Veterans Day).  The...
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Sunday, November 02, 2014

Principals Love The Chancellor But For Teachers It Continues To Be A Living Hell.

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The New York Daily News had an article how principals are very satisfied with Chancellor Carmen Farina.  The on...
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Friday, October 31, 2014

Horror Stories From The ATR Pool.

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With Halloween here, its time to recount some of the horror stories told to me by the ATRs in the last couple of years. ...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

How Educators Need To Act In Their 3020-a Hearing.

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When tenured educators are charged by the DOE under State regulation 3020-a, the only outcome the DOE wants is termina...
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Saturday, October 25, 2014

Time Magazine Joins The Teacher Bashing News Media.

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The once gold standard of news reporting, Time magazine, has now sacrificed their journalistic responsibility fo...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

My Overview Of The Different UFT Caucuses.

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The UFT is one union.  However, it has different caucuses when it comes to representing educators and here is my o...
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Monday, October 20, 2014

Why The MDRC Small School Study Is Crap.

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Once again the so-called non-profit MDRC has used questionable statistics and biased assumptions to falsely show that ...
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