Thursday, January 23, 2020

Governor Cuomo's Steath Charter Cap Expansion

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  Governor Andrew Cuomo has buried in his proposed budget an expansion of the charter cap in New York City. Thi...
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Sunday, January 19, 2020

Mayor De Blasio And Chancellor Carranza's Student Discipline Policy Is A Disaster

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One of the worst policies of the Bill de Blasio administration is his student discipline policy.  Principals are...
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Saturday, January 18, 2020

NYC Graduation Rate Continues To Show A Racial Gap

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The New York City high school graduation rate inched up to 77.3% and of course Mayor Bill de Blasio and Cha...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Will Eliminaing The Gifted and Talented Programs Cause Middle Class Flight?

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Chancellor Richard Carranza's goal of integrating the New York City Public Schools has run into fierce resi...
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Monday, January 13, 2020

Charter Schools Lose Again On Teacher Certification

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The New York State Appellate Division, Third Department upheld  a lower court ruling that the SUNY alternate t...
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Saturday, January 11, 2020

Rating The Democratic Candidates Based On Their Education Policy

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This post is to grade the Democratic Presidential candidates based on their education policies. Obviously,  Joe Biden, ...
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Wednesday, January 08, 2020

Representative IIhan Omar Voted Anti-Semite Of The Year

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I'm an independent voter and usually vote Democratic but there are some Democrats I will not vote for.  They are th...
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Saturday, January 04, 2020

Chancellor Carranza Keeps Selecting Perverts In His Inner Circle

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Chancellor Richard Carranza selected as his Deputy Chief of staff David Hay, despite the DOE not fully vetting him.  ...
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Wednesday, January 01, 2020

My Predictions For 2020

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The education issues for 2020 are many and some of them are complicated.  Here is my best guess. School Integ...
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Saturday, December 28, 2019

Principal Henry Shandel Of Marie Curie Middle School In Queens Proposes A Questionable Grading Policy

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Principal Henry Shandel of Marie Curie middle school in Bayside Queens has sent teachers a proposed grading poli...
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Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Santa Claus And The ATR

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Santa Claus is known to bring presents to deserving girls and boys.  However, when it comes to ATRs, Santa Cla...
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Sunday, December 22, 2019

The Podcast School Colors Is An Interesting Listen

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School Colors is a podcast that focuses on District 16 schools in Brooklyn and while I don't agree with man...
Saturday, December 21, 2019

Required Minimum Distribution Raised To 72 Years Of Age

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Congress passed and the President signed the budget to fund the government.  Included in the budget was the Secure Act....
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Thursday, December 19, 2019

Some NYC Schools Are Academically Failing

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The New York Post had an article with a heading "Over 140 NYC schools had a 90% failure rate on State exams"....
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Monday, December 16, 2019

Racism Has No Place In Our Schools

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At high performing Beacon High School in Manhattan, where student acceptance is based upon their middle school acade...
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Sunday, December 15, 2019

Middle School Murder Suspects Go To A Poorly Performing School

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The alleged murder suspects who mugged and killed 18 year old  Tessa Majors attend a poorly performing middle sc...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019

District 28 Parents Object To The DOE Integration Plan

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At a public meeting the overflowing crowd of District 28 parents vocally objected to the DOE's proposed integrati...
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Monday, December 09, 2019

PS 169 Principal EuJin Tang May Have Exposed 2nd Graders To Adult Nudity

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Principal EuJin Tang of Brooklyn's PS 169 decided it was a good idea for her students, who are mostly low income,...
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Saturday, December 07, 2019

Common Core Is Rapidly Losing Favor Nationally

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Back in 2010, administrators, politicians, and education reform organizations set up a working group to come up ...
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Wednesday, December 04, 2019

What Is The College Graduation Rate For NYC Students?

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With the high school graduation rate increasing yearly (75.9%) and more students attending college , has the college g...
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