Friday, April 26, 2019

How Many Votes Did Educators 4 Excellence Receive In The UFT Election?

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Micheal Loeb, a Bronx teacher and Chapter Leader is a national board member for the education deformer organizat...
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Thursday, April 25, 2019

Why I Cannot Support Cory Booker For President

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Corey Booker is one of two dozen Presidential candidates for the Democratic nomination.  However, based on Mr. Booker,s h...
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Sunday, April 21, 2019

Will Solidarity Become The Dominant Opposition Caucus?

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As expected, the Unity caucus swept all the positions as the opposition caucuses could not agree with each other t...
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Thursday, April 18, 2019

For Experienced Teachers The Open Market Transfer System Is A Joke

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The Open Market Transfer System (OMTS) is now open.  However, if you are a veteran teacher, the OMTS is simply a joke si...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019

How Respected Is Teaching Worldwide?

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  A survey produced by a think tank found that China has the highest respect for teaching while Brazil has the low...
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Saturday, April 13, 2019

Mayor Bill de Blasio Needs To Revamp DOE's Teacher Hiring Process

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Back in 2005, the UFT under President Randi Weingarten negotiated the worst contract in NYC education history...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

The "Hit Squad"- DOE's Office Of the General Counsel

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  The Department Of Education (DOE) has a group of lawyers who's only job is to terminate teachers by any means po...
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Sunday, April 07, 2019

Long Island Students Continue To "Opt Out"

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The New York State Education Department (NYSED) had hoped that by eliminating the time limit and to make the hi...
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Thursday, April 04, 2019

There Is No Such Thing As A Good Education For Excellence Member.

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Another UFT election is approaching and the pseudo-education group called Educators For Excellence (E4E) has, on...
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Monday, April 01, 2019

Under Chancellor Carranza The DOE Double Standard Continues

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Teachers were hoping that Chancellor Richard Carranza would eliminate the "double standard" , when ...
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Saturday, March 30, 2019

My Vote In The UFT Election

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In the UFT election I voted for the person and not the caucus and that meant that I spent an hour  picking and choosin...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Should You Annuitize Your TDA?

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One of the options teachers have is to annuitize the TDA when you retire.  There are two ways to annuitize.  The...
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Monday, March 25, 2019

The Real Reason Black And Latino Students Have Low acceptance Rates For The Specialized High Schools

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Black and Latino students only had a 10.6% acceptance rate for the specialized high schools.  The question is why so lo...
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Saturday, March 23, 2019

Inexperienced Teachers Are Correlated With Low Student Academic Achievement

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It's no secret that the New York City Public School's hiring process incentivizes principals to hire che...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

No Bullying At Hillcrest High School - Yeah Right

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Hillcrest High School is notorious for not reporting incidents and even received an award for being a "safe school...
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Sunday, March 17, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) Supports NYC Public Schools

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We all know that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is a dedicated Democrat Socialist and I have little in common with fri...
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Friday, March 15, 2019

NYC Public School Student Climate Change Walkout Were Mostly White Elites

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I was watching both Channel 2 (CBS) and Channel 7 (ABC) and noticed that the vast majority of students who were protestin...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

The Inconvenient Truth On Why The Renewal School Program Was A Failure

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The Renewal Schools program will be discontinued at the end of the school year due to their failure to achieve ...
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Saturday, March 09, 2019

Student Discipline Is Out Of Control In NYC Schools

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The Blasio administration crowed that suspensions were down 50% and restorative justice programs were a success.  Th...
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Thursday, March 07, 2019

NYC Reaches Its Charter School Cap

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The remaining seven openings for charter schools in New York City has been tentatively filled by the SUNY's ...
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