Wednesday, April 29, 2015

The Absent Teacher Reserve. The Unwanted Orphans When It Comes To Representation.

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Back in 2005, with the implementation of the terrible contract our union leadership negotiated with the City.  O...
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Sunday, April 26, 2015

You Get What You Pay For.

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I have always claimed that the NYCDOE does not put "children first" but actually they don't care ...
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Friday, April 24, 2015

Latest Opt Out Numbers For Math.

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Previously, I listed the "opt out" numbers in the ELA test and as that number slowly approaches the 2...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

What The NYC KidsPAC Report Omitted.

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With much fanfare and great hopes, the De Blasio Administration would make real change to the NYC public schools.  Even our...
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Sunday, April 19, 2015

Latest "Opt Out" Numbers Across The State.

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The explosion of students who "opted out" will not have a final number until all the school districts...
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Friday, April 17, 2015

The Governor And NYSED Only Have ThemselvesTo Blame On the "Opt Out" Explosion.

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It appears that approximately 200,000 students have "opted out" of the badly flawed high-stakes Comm...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Michael Mulgrew's Fantasy World.

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It is with little surprise that at last night's Executive Board meeting UFT President, Michael Mulgrew, defended th...
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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Teacher Discontinuances Increase Under Mayor De Blasio And Chancellor Farina. So Much For A New Tone At The DOE.

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Thanks to Francesco Portelos's FOIL request, we now find out that an astonishing 186 untenured teachers were...
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Friday, April 10, 2015

The NYSED Is Running Scared With Threats If Parents "Opt Out" Their Children From The State Tests.

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Reading the newspapers, the statements coming out of the Cuomo Administration , the NYSED, and Regents Chancello...
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Wednesday, April 08, 2015

The Governor's Blame Game.

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Its very interesting how Governor Cuomo has blamed teachers for his punitive education agenda that will hasten t...
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Monday, April 06, 2015

How Changes To NYSED Part 83 Regulations Treats A Teacher Like A Convicted Criminal On Probation.

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One of the many changes in the punitive teacher evaluation system are the changes to the New York State Education Department Part 83 Regul...
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Saturday, April 04, 2015

Four Step Bucket Approach For Teacher Retirement.

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We educators have a very nice retirement package, assuming we can l ast long enough to be vested and accumulate...
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Friday, April 03, 2015

The Atlanta Cheating Scandal And The NYS Teacher Evaluation System. What The Future Holds.

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Rather than continue with the analysis of the demoralizing teacher evaluation system which has been thoroughly c...
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Monday, March 30, 2015

Mulgrew Declares Victory As Governor Cuomo Gets His Way. - Teachers Are The Real Losers.

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It appears that Governor Andrew Cuomo won big time in the budget as he gets many of the things he wanted in the ...
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Saturday, March 28, 2015

The Danger For Teachers In Governor Cuomo's Education Agenda.

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The hedge fund financed and supported Governor has proposed an education agenda that comes straight out of the c...
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Friday, March 27, 2015

Join The Demonstration Against Governor Cuomo Tomorrow.

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Tomorrow there will be demonstrations throughout the State against the Governor's education agenda.  The biggest one will be held i...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Chancellor Carmen Farina Continues Her Attacks On Teachers.

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When our union leadership was telling the media that they now had a friend ruining the DOE in Carmen Farina an...
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Sunday, March 22, 2015

To The Daily News. It's The DOE's Education On The Cheap Policy That Causes Student Failure.

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The New York Daily News ran a series about the New York City schools that was biased and supported Governor Cuom...
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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Putting Lipstick On The Pig Doesn't Solve The ATR Crisis.

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The De Blasio/Farina administration claims their policy has been successful in reducing the ATR pool by encouraging these teachers to le...
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Thursday, March 19, 2015

The Scholarship Requirement Artificially Raises The Graduation Rate And Cheapens The Diploma Of NYC High School Graduates.

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Over the Bloomberg/Klein years the high school graduation rate jumped significantly and of course the Mayor and ...
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