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Arisleyda Urena Another Leadership Academy Principal Who Found Herself In...
Yet another "Leadership Academy Principal" who was removed in November is under investigation for having raffles for underage students with prizes such as Ipods, Ipads, laptops, and sporting goods....
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A Pot Of Gold Looms At The End Of Contract Negotiations.
Yesterday, Michael Mulgrew was interviewed by Anna Sale of NPR on the Brian Lehrer Show. Mr. Mulgrew caused quite a stir in the media when he admitted that "retroactive raises" are very important....
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Leadership Academy Principal Marcella Sills Reassigned And Will Be Charged...
When the students and staff return to PS 106, it will be a new day for them. They will not have to suffer under the questionable and vindictive policies of ex Principal Marcella Sills. Ms. Sills has...
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Why Is Michelle Lloyd-Bey Still The District 27 Superintendent?
The continuing fallout of the reassignment and eventual removal of "Leadership Academy Principal"Marcella Sills has now spotlighted the actions of District 27 Superintendent Michelle Lloyd-Bey who...
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Why School Letter Grades Are A Joke - PS 106.
Most educators knew that the school grades assigned by the DOE do not represent the actual school environment and student learning. However, many principals were told how to "game the system"to...
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Teachers Who Work With High Needs Students Are Screwed Under The Flawed...
We all suspected that teachers who work with disadvantaged students, minorities, English Language Learners, and Special Education will have much lower test grades under the badly flawed and unfair...
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Ed Deformer Cami Anderson's "One Newark Plan" Is A Way To Dismantle The...
Ex-Tweedie and District 79 teacher destroyer, Cami Anderson, the State appointed Superintendent who now heads the Newark Public Schools (NPS) has proposed a plan to dismantle the City's Public School...
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Why Common Core Cannot Work For Regents Science Under The Existing NYCDOE...
Its common knowledge that the New York State flawed roll out of the "Common Core" standards has resulted in some very dismal 2013 test scores for grades 3 to 8. Its obvious to many educators that the...
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The Dark Side Of The Charter School Story.
The airwaves and newspapers are being bombarded with pro charter school commercials about how important they are for the children of New York City and don't take away parental choice. However, what...
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Schools Who Hire Teach For America "Newbies" Are Not Doing What's Right For...
Many of the NYC public schools and almost all the charter schools hire "Teach For America" (TFA) "two year wonders" because they are cheap and not because they are "quality teachers". In fact, hiring...
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Its Starting To Look Like The End Of The Useless ATR Rotation System.
This week selected guidance counselors have received e-maIls from the DOE asking them if they want to be placed in one school for the rest of the school year. Interestingly, the DOE email didn't say...
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To Chancellor Camen Farina. How About Placing Eva Moskowitz's Schools In The...
Now that Chancellor Carmen Farina is trying to find a location to place one of Eva Moskowitz's charter schools, how about putting them in those decrepit, moldy, and dirty trailers that too many public...
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Where Is The DOE's Change of Tone? It Seems To Be The Same Old Song To Me.
When Mayor Bill de Blasio replaced the Bloomberg Administration, Michael Mulgrew claimed at the delegate assembly there was a change of tone at the DOE and that the leadership was apologizing for all...
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The Media Only Cares About The Elite 194 And Ignore The Many Severely...
If you read all the media outlets in the Metropolitan area, one would think that the Eva Moskowitz's charter schools were taking over vacant space and not causing any negative consequences to the...
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Has The De Blasio Administration Found A Solution To The Retroactive Pay Issue?
There is no secret that Mayor Bill de Blasio was saddled with 152 expired contracts as Mayor Bloomberg irresponsibly refused to negotiate with the municipal unions. While the City's economic recovery...
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The Contract, Teacher Retention, And The Upcominig Teacher Shortage.
Lost in the million dollar propaganda blitz by Eva Moskowitz and her allies in the Senate and Governor Andrew Cuomo is the coming shortage of teachers as many veteran teachers are expected to retire in...
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Chancellor Carmen Farina Must Clean House At The DOE...Now!
Chancellor Carmen Farina has stumbled her way through the first 75 days of her tenure. She experienced a"Cathie Black moment", backtracked on the charter school issue, and has not taken decisive...
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Don't Let School Administrators Make ATRs A Scapegoat For Their Student...
In too many schools the administration, lead by Principal looks the other way when students misbehave. In some of these schools the Principal will automatically take the word of the student over the...
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What's A Teacher's Monetary Value Really Worth?
Many people who have little clue how education works thinks that the teaching profession is just "glorified babysitting of their children". We get the summers off, only teach nine months out of the...
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The Union Needs To Take A Stand Against The Unfair ATR Field Supervisor...
Previously, I wrote an article claiming that the DOE took an ATR field supervision pilot program in Brooklyn and extended it throughout the City which has resulted in many unfair "U observations" to...
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