Saturday, November 18, 2017

The Loss Of Collective Barganing Hurts Teacher Retention. And Student Academic Achievement.

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Its been six years since Wisconsin eliminated collective bargaining rights for civil servants, known as Act 10.  This incl...
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Thursday, November 16, 2017

A Tale Of Two Schools And Their Cellphone Use.

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When Mayor Bill de Blasio consolidated his control of the New York City Public Schools he eliminated the cellpho...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

The Difference Between An Ineffective And Unsatisfactory Rating

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I have been following the nyc educator blog with great interest and in a couple of his posts he mention that he asked ...
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Sunday, November 12, 2017

Just Another Ethically Challenged Principal.

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In today's New York Post, Susan Edelman has an articl e about another ethically challenged Principal, Onethea Swi...
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Friday, November 10, 2017

Rules Of Thumb For Retirement Decisions.

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Over the years I have heard various rules of thumb for teachers who want to reach their safe and secure retirement goa...
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Tuesday, November 07, 2017

The TDA Fixed Rate Fund Is A Winner!

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In New York City, teachers are known as "the smartest", due to their educational requirements that require a mas...
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Monday, November 06, 2017

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly When It Comes To Screened High Schools.

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There is a debate on whether there is too many screened high schools in New York City.  During the Bloomberg years, ...
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Saturday, November 04, 2017

The Difference Between A Successful School District And The NYC Schools.

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There is little doubt that the DOE is dysfunctional and rather than cooperate and support schools, they instead appoin...
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Thursday, November 02, 2017

Teacher Turnover Is Higher At The Renewal Schools Than For The Rest Of The City.

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A union investigation of teacher turnover rates for the two year period between October 2014 and October 2016 sh...
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Wednesday, November 01, 2017

The Rules For Donating Cumulative Absence Reserve Days.

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There seems to be some widespread confusion on how colleagues can donate some of their Cumulative Absence Reserve ...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

When It Comes To Veteran Teachers And ATRs The DOE Only Has Tricks And No Treats.

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The DOE has, over the years, implemented policies and practices that discriminate against veteran teachers and ...
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Monday, October 30, 2017

My Job As A Father, Mission Completed.

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I was at a wedding last night and talking with other men we compared stories about our now adult children growi...
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Saturday, October 28, 2017

ATRs Will Be Changing Schools On November 6th.

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In keeping with their secrecy and lack of transparency, the DOE will be moving the ATRs to different schools wit...
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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Why I Don't Contribute To COPE.

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I stopped contributing to the union's voluntary COPE program because of their lack of transparency on wher...
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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

The City Is Playing Hardball In Negotiating The Next Contract.

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The City has started contract negotiations with the Police Benevolent Association (PBA) and in the first negotia...
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Sunday, October 22, 2017

Behind The Drop In 3020-a Terminations. The 2014 Teacher's Contract.

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In today's New York Post, Susan Edeleman  published data that showed that under Bill de Blasio teacher terminations dropped, wh...
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Saturday, October 21, 2017

Coming To A High School In Your Neighbohood, More ATRs For The Bronx And Queens.

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The Chancellor, Carmen Farina, has informed  226 teachers and other staff members that two Renewal high school...
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Thursday, October 19, 2017

The Maximum TDA Contribution Is Expected To Increase By $500 Next Year.

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There's some good news on the financial front as the Federal Government has raised next year's maximum c...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Our Union's Complicity In The ATR Crisis.

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It's been over a decade since our union negotiated the terrible and "giveback" laden  2005 contract .  Th...
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Sunday, October 15, 2017

10% Of New York City's Students Are Homeless.

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Despite the City having an economic Renaissance and a $6 billion dollar budget surplus,  the student homeless p...
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