Thursday, October 31, 2019

One Out Of 10 NYC Students Are Homeless

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The amount of homeless in NTC schools stayed stubbornly hig h at 114,000.  This is nearly the same as the previous ye...
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Sunday, October 27, 2019

Chicago Teachers Strike Continues

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The Chicago Teachers Strike continues for a third week and according to the Chicago City Government they are 100 m...
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Joe Biden And The UFT Leadership

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Joe Biden showed up to the Teacher Recognition Day Conference, run by the UFT, and tried to claim he was a pro public s...
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Sunday, October 20, 2019

Will The DOE Finally Place ATRs?

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The DOE has finally taking steps to place ATRs.  In schools that have a history of hard to fill certain subj...
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Thursday, October 17, 2019

Chicago Teachers Strike

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The Chicago teachers went out on strike today after the City refused to put in writing lower class sizes and assu...
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Monday, October 14, 2019

Blame Principals For Not Having A School Nurse On Staff

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Some New York City public schools lack a school nurse, despite many children having health issues like diabetes and a...
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Friday, October 11, 2019

All Social Security Retirees Will Get a 1.6% Cost Of Living Increase In 2020

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All Social Security retirees will receive a 1.6% cost of living (COLA) increase for 2020.  For the average retiree t...
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Wednesday, October 09, 2019

New York State Will Allow School Districts To Evaluate Teachers

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The New York State Board of Regents will no longer require school districts to evaluate teachers, based upon S...
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Sunday, October 06, 2019

A Tale Of Two School Districts

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The Ward Melville school district has set up a teachers room with soft lighting, piped in music, a large televi...
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Thursday, October 03, 2019

When Will Class Sizes Decrease?

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One of the legacies of Michael Bloomberg are large class sizes.  The ex Mayor saw no problem in large class sizes ...
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Sunday, September 29, 2019

Academic Fraud At Maspeth High School - Part 2

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It seems that Mayor De Blasio was informed of the academic fraud at Maspeth high school and failed to take action.  Worse...
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Thursday, September 26, 2019

Mayor De Blasio Backs Away From Eliminating The SHSAT

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According to the New York Post the Mayor threw in the towel about eliminating the SHSAT for the specialized high scho...
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Sunday, September 22, 2019

NYC High Schools Practice Academic Fraud To Jack Up The Graduation Rate

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Most high school teachers in New York City know that academic fraud is practiced in most, if not all the school...
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Thursday, September 19, 2019

What Do Oklahoma And New York City Teachers Have In Common?

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CBS Morning News did a story on Oklahoma's trouble recruiting and retaining teachers and you can find it Here .  ...
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Monday, September 16, 2019

Maspeth High School Cheats For The Illusion Of Success

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Maspeth high school has been accused of cheating to jack up their academic success.   This Queens high school has been...
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Saturday, September 14, 2019

Repost: Teachers, Not Administrators Dictate The Lesson Plan Format

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The Lesson Plan It has come to my attention that many principals are telling teachers what must be in th...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Federal Employees Will Get A 2.6% Raise

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The Trump administration will approve a 2.6% raise for federal and civilian employees. This is less than the 3.1% t...
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Monday, September 09, 2019

Stop Dumbing Down The High School Diploma Requirements

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For the last decade New York State Education Department (NYSED) has weakened the requirements for achieving a hi...
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Friday, September 06, 2019

Theoretically A Discontinued Teacher Does Not Mean That Teacher Cannot Get A Position At The DOE, Practically They Can't

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A teacher cannot achieve tenure until they put in a minimum of three of the four years of effective or higher ratings and quite...
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Wednesday, September 04, 2019

No Change In The Gifted And Talented Programs This Year

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After receiving intense push-back from parents and the Asian-American community, the DOE has decided not to change t...
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