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Sorry Bloomie But Hurricane Sandy Is More Powerful Then You.
On Saturday Mayor Bloomberg was downplaying the potential impact of Hurricane Sandy on New York City by claiming he had no intention of closing NYC schools. He further stated that when there was a...
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Has The Rubber Room Agreement Worked? The Answer Is A Qualified Yes. But.......
There seems to be some disagreement on whether the "rubber room agreement" of April 2010 has actually achieved its purpose of expediting cases of teachers who are accused of misconduct or incompetence...
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Educators 4 Excellence Is A Cancer To Our Union.
After the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as the metropolitan area struggles to get back on their collective feet. Educators4Excellence (E4E) issued one of their self-serving statements that it was...
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The Biggest Losers After Hurricane Sandy.
After Hurricane Sandy has wrecked damage to the New York Metropolitan area, there are no winners, well maybe President Obama got a bounce being in New Jersey with Governor Christie. However, there are...
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Governor Andrew Cuomo Unfairly Blames Drivers For The Gasoline Shortage.
In a Tuesday afternoon news conference, Governor Andrew Cuomo blamed panicky drivers for the long gas lines in the New York City Metropolitan area. However, the real problem is that the gasoline...
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New York City And Long Island Are Forced To Ration Gas As They Are Not...
Odd and even gasoline rationing is being implemented in New York City and Long Island because of the severe gasoline shortage for the area. It turns out that the often quoted 62% figure was based upon...
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The DOE Inequalities Of Providing Transportation Services To The Students In...
I read with much amusement the schoolbook article on how the Principal of the elitist Scholar's Academy praised the DOE for providing yellow school buses to transport his students to their temporary...
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The Excellent Teacher And The Clueless DOE.
The DOE has time and again claimed that education reform is necessary because they want only "excellent teachers" to instruct the City's students. Of course the DOE is clueless to what an excellent...
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My Cooperative Learning And Testing Class
I am in a an excellent school, with great students, wonderful peers and a very supportive Administration. However, even in the best schools there will always be students who have difficulty handling...
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Mr. Mayor, Child Poverty Is The Primary Cause For Student Academic Failure...
Ex Chancellor Joel Klein and his education reformer friends, which includes hedge fund managers, profiteers, and misguided billionaires such as Bill Gates will tell the media that it's "excellent...
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Michael Mulgrew Is A Wuss!
UFT President Michael Mulgrew showed how spineless and uncaring he is about the rank and file by caving in to Chancellor Dennis Walcott's demand that teachers and other UFT staff must give up their...
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Why Doesn't The DOE Hold Superintendent Yolanda Torres Accountable For Her...
The worst preforming NYC District according to the State is District 7, where only 25% of the student population are proficient in reading. This abysmal statistic is even worse than nearby District 9...
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My Annual Golden Turkey Awards For 2012
It is another year and along with NFL football and family gatherings, there is our Thanksgiving meal where turkey is the main attraction. It's also the time when I identify my recipients of the annual...
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How The Misguided DOE School Choice Policy Caused The Destruction Of The...
It is no secret that a student entering high school can apply to any school they want to attend, no matter how far the school is from the student's community. The elimination of zoning requirements...
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Why The High School Letter Grades Given By The DOE Are Just Garbage
I read with amusement the high school letter grades given to the NYC high schools and realized how these letter grades are simply a sham. How can high schools that have single digit "college and...
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Is The Union About To Screw Us Again When It Comes To The Teacher Evaluation...
Up until a few days ago I and many other people believed that before a teacher evaluation system could be put in place, the City and the UFT must negotiate a contract. However, a blogger "Ed the...
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The Typical Education4Excellence Member - Clueless
I just laughed when blogger South Bronx School showed a video of an Educators4Excellence (E4E) member at their youth rally holding a sign supporting the "teacher evaluation system" at today's...
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District 23 Choice Program Is Simply Rearranging The Deck Chairs On The Titanic.
The Ocean Hill-Brownsville District, now known as District 23 has decided to allow the students of the District to attend their school of choice within the District. Yes this is the same District that...
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To My Union: No Contract, No Teacher Evaluation System.
It appears that the UFT might be caving in to the City and State pressure and will sign a teacher evaluation system, once some minor "sticking points" are ironed out without negotiating a long overdue...
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Principal Linda Hill, Just Another Bad Principal That The DOE Refuses to...
If you are familiar with the Franscesco Portelos saga, you know that this teacher was removed from his school, IS 49 in Staten Island after he made accusations about financial mismanagement at the...
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