Saturday, September 30, 2017

Why Doesn't TRS Update The Final Average Salary Monthly?

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As many of you are aware the Teachers' Retirement System has had a major facelift to its online access syste...
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Thursday, September 28, 2017

The Maternity Leave Dilemma.

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A petition to get the UFT to negotiate with the City on maternity leave was presented at the Executive Board meeting ...
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Queens Renewal High Schools Keep Losing Students.

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In my last post I listed the "dirty dozen" high schools in Queens that had the highest student vacanci...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Queens High Schools That Students Avoid.

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One of the most informative data that tells a parent and child which schools to select and which one to avoid is...
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Sunday, September 24, 2017

The DOE Double Standard Continues Under Carmen Farina.

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In today's New York Post there is an article by Susan Edelman on ex-Principal Marc Williams who resigned when...
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Friday, September 22, 2017

Chasing Yield - Why The TRS Fixed Income Fund Is Unbeatable.

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We have been in a low interest rate environment since 1990 and the average inflation rate since 1990 is only 2...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Veteran Teachers Beware, Administrators Are Using Charlotte Danielson As A Weapon To Terminate You.

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It appears to me that school administrators have been told that they must stay within the recession era budgets...
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Monday, September 18, 2017

The DOE's Education On The Cheap Policy Academically Shortchanges The Students.

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Over the years and certainly since the recession of 2008 the New York City Department Of Education (DOE) has sh...
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Sunday, September 17, 2017

The New York Post Editorial Board Continues Its Hypocrocy.

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In today's New York Post, the Editorial Board claims that New York State Regents watered down the teacher certification require...
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Thursday, September 14, 2017

The Bad Teacher Narrative.

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  Lately, the news media has been on a crusade about "bad teacher s", especially the ATRs.  Be it Char...
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

The ATR Incentive Failed To Achieve Its Goal To Drastically Reduce The ATR Pool.

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At last night's Executive Board meeting the UFT leadership stated that 135 ATRs took the inferior buyout of...
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Monday, September 11, 2017

When Will The Union Sue The DOE On Their Scarlet Letter?

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Back when Dennis Walcott became Chancellor, he decided that all teachers who had a substantiated OSI or SCI inv...
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Thursday, September 07, 2017

For Newbie Teachers Its Sink Or Swim With No Lifeguard To Save Them.

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The DOE has empowered principals to hire who they please and even with the elimination of the useless and money ...
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Monday, September 04, 2017

A Utah High School Fines Students Who Show Up Late For Class.

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Most schools I have been in the last decade have a similar problem.  Students taking their ever loving time to show up...
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Saturday, September 02, 2017

Why NYC High School Students Have Terrible College And Career Readiness Rates.

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There is no secret that the ever rising high school graduation rate does not result in increasing the college and career readiness rat...
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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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