Saturday, February 28, 2015

Accountability Is Absent At The DOE

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 ATRs are usually notified by the DOE on Thursday, the week before their new school placement.  This was agreed upon wit...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Why Are Teachers Taking More Days Off? Its The Increased Stress And Lower Morale Stupid!

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  The New York Post published an article that showed an astonishing 16% of the teachers took eleven or more days off ...
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Monday, February 23, 2015

Just Another Case Of The DOE Double Standard When Disciplining Principals.

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The New York Post published an article about how Staten Island Principal Linda Hill.  Yes, that Linda Hill who h...
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Saturday, February 21, 2015

If I Became The Chancellor Of The New York City Schools.

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Readers of my blog know how critical I have been about the job Carmen Farina has done as Chancellor of the New Y...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Chancellor Carmen Farina Fails To Remove Problem Principals.

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When Bill de Blasio became Mayor of New York City, many teachers were hoping for massive changes at Tweed.  Th...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Namita Dwarka, Another Leadership Academy Principal That Needs To Go.

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Once again the Principal of William Cullen Bryant high school has found herself in hot water.  This time its abo...
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Monday, February 16, 2015

The Quality Teacher Myth In New York City Public Schools.

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One of the most important factors for children to maximize their academic potential at school is to have a "quality teacher" ...
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Saturday, February 14, 2015

Breaking News - Our Union Sells Out Their Active Members Yet Again!

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The ICEUFT blog broke the news that the UFT leadership has quietly agreed with the arbitrator on how to give the retiree...
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Thursday, February 12, 2015

Why Schools Don't Do The Right Thing For Their Students.

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As I travel from school to school monthly, I have seen too many teachers who have some real deficiencies when ...
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Sunday, February 08, 2015

It Appears Cuomo's Education Budget Is Dead On Arrrival.

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Governor Andrew Cuomo's education agenda was always going to have a problem passing the Democratic controlled State Assembly but it...
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Saturday, February 07, 2015

How Do We Close The Academic Achievement Gap?

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One of the major issues in the New York City public schools is the segregation of the schools and the unacceptab...
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Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Beware Of ATR Field Supervisors Bearing Gifts.

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The DOE, in their attempt to thin out the herd of 1,400+ ATRs, has hired more ATR field supervisors to convin...
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Sunday, February 01, 2015

Stupid Sayings That Our Education Leaders Probably Regretted.

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Over the years many of the education community heard some very questionable and downright stupid statements by politicians and other ed...
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Thursday, January 29, 2015

New York City And State Expect To Save Billions On New Teacher Pensions.

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Despite the conservative think tanks like the Manhattan Institute and Bellwether Education Partners who claim ...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

How To Defeat Governor Andrew Cuomo's Destructive Education Agenda.

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I am bitterly disappointed at the tepid NYSUT/UFT reaction to Governor Andrew Cuomo's attack on the State'...
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Sunday, January 25, 2015

The Legendary "Rubber Room" Teacher, Alan Rosenfeld Passes Away - Rest In Peace

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I was just informed by a colleague that Alan Rosenfeld passed away from Cancer yesterday.  Who was Alan Rosenfel...
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Can A Terminated Teacher Lose Their Pension? The Answer Is No If They're Already Vested!

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Over the years I have been contacted by teachers who are going through their 3020-a termination hearings and the...
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Andrew Cuomo Is Out To Terminate Teachers.

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Governor Andrew Cuomo took a page out of the education reformer playbook and  presented his education agenda and ther...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

The Open Market Transfer System Ensures High Teacher Turnover In Deep Poverty Schools.

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In the aftermath of the infamous 2005 contract the DOE, with the approval of the UFT leadership, developed and imp...
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Monday, January 19, 2015

Constant Teacher Turnover Hurts Student Academic Achievement.

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 In 2008, the nation suffered an extremely deep recession, the worst since the great depression of 1929.  Colleg...
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