Thursday, August 31, 2017

Why Alexandra Estrella, As Well As Others, Should Not Be A Superintendent.

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I laugh when Chancellor Carmen Farina claims she only selects the best talent to be a Superintendent.  Yet, the ...
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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

ATRs Do Not Even Need To Respond To Job Interviews Outside Their Borough.

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Over the last two weeks I have received 8 job interviews for Earth Science positions.  They are from the Bronx (...
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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Do Not Apply To These Queens High Schools.

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Now that the school year is a week away, here is a list of Queens High Schools that ATRs should try to stay clear of...
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Friday, August 25, 2017

Long Island "Opt Out" Rates And Demographics.

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Its no secret that "opt out" rates are demographically based, with low income, minority communities h...
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Thursday, August 24, 2017

The Renewal Schools Continue To Be An Academic Mine Field.

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The Renewal Schools continue to shed students and must take over-the-counter students just to kept student numb...
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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

ATR Assignments Are On SESIS

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Thanks to a comment on my previous post I checked the DOE's SESIS page and sure enough, the September assignment w...
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Monday, August 21, 2017

For Principals Its Not About What's Best For The Students.

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Most principals control their school budgets (some Renewal school principals do not).   Therefore, the Principa...
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Saturday, August 19, 2017

DOE Provides Statistics On The ATR Pool And Offers Schools A Hiring Incentive.

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I guess its apparent that the DOE's ATR incentive didn't achieve the results that they had hoped and hav...
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Friday, August 18, 2017

Homelessness And Poverty Affects Student Academic Achievement.

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There is little dispute that deep poverty is associated with poor student academic achievement.  In fact the Ne...
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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Renewal And Struggling Schools Get More Teach For America Two-Year Wonders.

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Back in 2014 Chancellor Carmen Farina told the news media that the Renewal schools will be sent "highly ef...
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Sunday, August 13, 2017

New York Post Continues Their Anti-Teacher Crusade.

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In Today's New York Post, columnist Ben Kochman  penned an article claiming that the teacher choice of $250 was a...
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Friday, August 11, 2017

The DOE Wants Another Bite Of The Apple To Terminate Teachers.

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Before 2009, the DOE had a policy that when a teacher won their 3020-a hearing but was fined for minor infraction...
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Wednesday, August 09, 2017

If Chalkbeat Spoke To An ATR, Their Articles Don't Reflect It.

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Over the last two weeks there has been a media frenzy about the City considering hiring ATRs to fill vacancies after October...
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Monday, August 07, 2017

Tweed Continues To Award Questionable Contracts.

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The Daily News reported today that, very quietly, the DOE is set to award a $669,375 contract to an ex DOE administ...
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Sunday, August 06, 2017

On Retirement Our Last Year's Summer Pay Is Apparently Excluded.

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When a New York City educator retires, usually at the end of the school year, the TRS calculates the Final Average Salary (FAS) of th...
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Friday, August 04, 2017

Union Proud But Not Proud Of Our Union.

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I consider myself a proud union member and greatly appreciate what an effective union represents to their members.  At ...
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Wednesday, August 02, 2017

My Response To The False Accusations Of Parent Nicole Thomas About ATRs.

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I read the opinion piece of parent Nicole Thoma s and realized it was simply an ATR bashing piece that consisted of ...
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Tuesday, August 01, 2017

The DOE's Slogan Of Children First Rings Hollow.

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The DOE will claim that everything they do is geared on putting the students first and when bloggers like me point ou...
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Sunday, July 30, 2017

Smaller Class Sizes Improve Student Academics, Except When They Get New Teachers.

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A ground breaking study on the effects of class size on student academics in the New York City classroom have s...
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Friday, July 28, 2017

The DOE Tries To Lowball The ATR Pool Number And Costs As The ATR Buyout, Once Again, Fails.

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The Independent Budget Office (IBO) crunched the numbers dealing with the ATR pool and found that the DOE ...
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