Thursday, June 28, 2018

If The Union Wants My Dues Then Here Is My Checklist.

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Now that the Supreme Court has ruled on Janus and the unions must require members to formally "opt in...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

The City And DC37 Agree To A New Contract.

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The City and DC37 have agreed to a new 44 month (3.67 years) contract that includes a 7.4% raise for the length...
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Will Chancellor Richard Carranza Clean House At Tweed?

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Chancellor Richard Carranza was appointed in April and will be in office for five months.  Time enough to get a feel of...
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Sunday, June 24, 2018

NYSED Continues To Make It Easier To Pass The Algebra 1 Regents Exam.

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When does a 30% correct response equals a 65% passing rate?  Only in New York State.  It seems that every year the New...
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Saturday, June 23, 2018

Fair Student Funding And Our Union.

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Over the years I was told by union officials that they had no say on the DOE's use of school based fair stu...
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Thursday, June 21, 2018

More Givebacks By The UFT On Parental Leave.

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UFT President Michael Mulgrew loudly proclaimed victory in negotiating with the City on parental leave.  At firs...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Courts Throw Out Charter Schools Weakened Teacher Certifiction Plan.

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A New York State court ruled that the Success Academy Teacher Certification requirements would result in inexpe...
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Monday, June 18, 2018

More Principals Acting Badly.

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There seems to be a small shift on how the DOE are handling principals who are acting badly under the new Chancel...
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Sunday, June 17, 2018

Bill De Blasio's Blunder On Specialized High School Admissions.

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Mayor Bill de Blasio's ill advised proposal on how to achieve some semblance of diversify has stirred up a b...
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Friday, June 15, 2018

The ATR Pool Attacked Once Again. This Time By The Citizen's Budget Commission.

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The nonpartisan and anti-teacher Citizen's Budget Commission (CBC) in an error filed analysis blasted the City...
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Monday, June 11, 2018

Academic Fraud Is Common In The New York City Public Schools.

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I have written previously that academic fraud is quite common in the New York City public school system.  Be it...
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Friday, June 08, 2018

Only 22% Of First Grade Students Survived Success Academy To Graduate With A High School Diploma.

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 If you relied only on the New York City newspapers one would think that Eva Moskiwitz's Success Academy Charter Schools are a suc...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2018

Paid Family Leave Starts Next Year For The United University Professionals, The First Publi Sector Union To Negotiate It In Their Contract.

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The first paid family leave contract was negotiated by the United University Professional (UUP), which included a ...
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Monday, June 04, 2018

My Response To The New Tork Times Biased Article On Principal Removals.

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I read and reread the New York Times article on how three principals were removed and quickly realized that the...
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Sunday, June 03, 2018

The Teacher Evaluation System Should be Eliminated.

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I have watched with amusement how our Governor, Andrew Cuomo has made a 180 degree pivot on linking test scores ...
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Friday, June 01, 2018

The DOE Refuses To Fund 41 Schools So They Can Hire A Full Time Guidance Counselor.

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The DOE has a 25.5 billion dollar budget, yet they refuse to spend $5.2 million dollars to fill the vacant spots f...
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Monday, May 28, 2018

How To Improve Test Scores? Air Condition The Classroom.

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Most teachers know that teaching in a hot room is not conducive to good teaching and student learning.  Of cour...
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Sunday, May 27, 2018

Our Union Leadership Has Failed It's Members When It Comes To Negotiating A Contract.

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Many of us know that our union leadership has failed it's members as they have negotiated contracts that contain...
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Thursday, May 24, 2018

Bill Gates Ideas Are A Failure When It Comes To Public Eduction.

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Over the last twenty years.  Bill Gates has used his vast fortune, reputation, and celebrity to push an education agenda...
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Sunday, May 20, 2018

The DOE Policy That Protects Pervy Principals Is Finallly Exposed By The Media.

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The DOE claims they have a "zero tolerance" policy when a teacher is accused of sexual misconduct against a...
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