Chaz's School Daze

You would think that all teachers are treated the same by the DOE.  However, we all know that excessed teachers are not trea...

We all know that principals can and do manipulate the graduation rate.   Credit recovery, grade changing, admini...

My annual golden turkey award finds two returnees.  Chancellor Carmen Farina, and Mayor Bill de Blasio, new to t...

I had downloaded all the high school snapshots in Queens and came up with the "dirty dozen" principals...

Soon, the eighth graders will be selecting their high school and hopefully get their first choice.  However, f...

Unfortunately,  I have been contacted by and hearing from other teachers that quite a few teachers are being ser...

  As most of you know, the UFT wisely let the terrible 2014 ATR Agreement, that made ATRs second class citizens ...

Last week I received a change in my assignment and was sent to a middle school, despite the fact the ATR agreeme...

Until the passing of the June 2014 contract, teachers at retirement age charged under 3020-a could go through th...

When Bill de Blasio replaced Michael Bloomberg as Mayor and selected Carmen Farina as Chancellor, the UFT Presid...

For New York City teachers who manage to reach retirement age, ( only about 33% will reach full retirement age)....

I was told a story by a teacher who works in a transfer high school in the Bronx.  However, before I tell you the s...

In a shocking upset, thanks to the "deplorables" , Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton by capturing nearly all the...

In the school I have been assigned to we had an uneventful Professional Development (PD).  However, there was on...

There is a disconnect between what teachers want and what education reformers expect.  This disconnect is exace...

I have been accused by some principals of only going after them for their incompetence and vindictive actions an...

I was told a story by an ATR teacher who was recently assigned to a school with a vacancy in his content specialty.  He wa...

I read the Beth Fertig schoolbook article on how small themed schools try to get the most interesting applican...

What are the chances that the Renewal Schools will improve student academic achievement?  To see if these school...

Its no secret that teacher morale has plummeted, that widespread teacher shortages are a fact of life nationwide...