Thursday, December 28, 2017

Cope, Union Dues, Amd Janus - The Future For The Union Patronage Jobs Looks Bleak.

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The UFT leadership rewards blind loyalty to their every wishes by giving Unity members patronage positions with ...
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Tuesday, December 26, 2017

The DOE Puts John Adams High School Staff And Students At Risk Due To Bedbug Infestation.

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The DOE will always claim that they put children first when it comes to the health and safety of the students.  ...
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Saturday, December 23, 2017

What If Santa Claus Became Chancellor?

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Now that the disappointing Carmen Farina has announced her long overdue  retirement, its time to speculate who the new ...
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Thursday, December 21, 2017

Chancellor Carmen Farina Claims She Brought Joy, Dignity, And Trust. What A Joke.

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Today Chancellor Carmen Farina announced her retirement and claimed she brought joy, dignity, and trust back to ...
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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Pension Max Is A Bad Bet.

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Over the years  I get questioned about what is the best option to take their pension. I try to give them advice...
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Monday, December 18, 2017

More ATRs On The Way As The City Is Planning To Close 14 Additional Schools.

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The City announced today that 14 schools will close at the end of the school year and that means 4,500 students and...
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Sunday, December 17, 2017

The Sad Saga Of Ex- Principal Annie Schmutz Seifullah.

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Back in  April of 2014, Principal Annie Schmutz Seifullah of Robert Wagner Secondary School in Queens was removed as a ...
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Saturday, December 16, 2017

Teacher Classroom Supplies Deduction Retained By The New Tax Plan.

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The GOP tax plan, will probably be signed next week and become law for the 2018 year and beyond.  This is bad news for...
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Thursday, December 14, 2017

Safe Schools? Yeah Right! - Part 3.

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 The Bill de Blasio/Carmen Farina narrative that our schools are safe has been shown to ring hollow.  Weapon confiscati...
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Tuesday, December 12, 2017

School Based Fair Student Funding Discriminates Against Veteran Teachers And Hurts Student Academic Achievement.

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There is little question that the DOE's use of school based fair student funding has hurt student academic ...
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Sunday, December 10, 2017

The 300 Member Negotiating Committee Is Only A Fig Leaf.

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Our union leadership is organizing a 300 member negotiating committee to help with the next contract that starts in November o...
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Saturday, December 09, 2017

The NYC Racial Achievement Gap Widenes As Students Get Older.

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A decade ago Mayor Micael Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein proclaimed that their education reforms had signi...
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Thursday, December 07, 2017

DOE's ATR Placement Policy Is A Failure - Part 2.

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Last month I wrote a post that suggested that the DOE's ATR placement policy was a failure, which was base...
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Wednesday, December 06, 2017

Proof That The Graduation Rate Is Bogus.

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Since the Bloomberg era the high school graduation rate has steadily increased from 50% in 2000 to 76% in the la...
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Tuesday, December 05, 2017

Retirement And The GOP Tax Plan.

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The GOP tax plan will punish high tax states like New York and many other Democratic states by eliminating the State a...
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Sunday, December 03, 2017

Should You Contribute To The TRS Balanced Fund?

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Starting next month the TRS Bond Fund will be discontinued and replaced by the Balanced Fund.  For educators who...
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Friday, December 01, 2017

Safe Schools? Yeah Right! - Part 2

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In a previous post I pointed out that weapons confiscated from students have risen an astounding 35% this school year ...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Principals Win On ATR Placements.

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According to my sources, the DOE's ATR placement policy has not significantly changed the amount of ATRs per...
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Sunday, November 26, 2017

Safe Schools? Yeah Right!

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If you believe the DOE propaganda that the New York City schools are safer, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you...
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Friday, November 24, 2017

Chaz's Golden Turkey Award.

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This year's golden turkey award winners are the UFT leadership who negotiated an inferior ATR buyout and bou...
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