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The Winners And Losers Of The Proposed Teachers Contract.
The proposed teachers contract with the City will probably be ratified this week and that's a shame since this contract has some "winners and losers". No union should ever have agreed to a contract...
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Let's Get This Straight, The DOE Does Not Put Students First.
The DOE has a slogan "Children First. Always.". However, the DOE's slogan rings hollow when thevery policies they have practiced during the Bloomberg Era and has continued under Chancellor Carmen...
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The Tax Deferred Annuity Program
One of the most popular and important savings program that New York City educators have is the Tax Deferred Annuity (TDA) program. The TDA is a 403(b) plan and is similar to the 401(k) plan that...
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Why The Union Leadership Betrayed Their Members.
As expected, the union was able to convince three out of the four members to vote "yes" by employing "scare tactics" to pass the inferior contract negotiated in a backroom deal with the Bill de Blasio...
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Few ATRs Will Be Hired This Year Or Next.
The union and the DOE reached an agreement that will make it difficult for principals to hire ATRs to fill vacancies for the next two years. True, the new ATR agreement will require principals to hire...
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Teachers Can File A Special Complaint When Being Abused By Administrators.
Some teachers feel powerless when they believe that they are being subject to administrator abuse. However, the teacher doesn't need to be a helpless victim, the teacher can fright back by having the...
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The Cumulative Absense Reserve.
Every school year educators get 10 days of paid"sick leave', credited on the 16th of every month during the school year (September to June). On that day a sick day is added to the educator's...
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For The ATRs Rated Unsatisfactory What Are The Consequences?
ATRs who rotated weekly from school to school are not subject to Danielson or the Teacher Evaluation System, Therefore, these ATRs are rated under the old grading system of "Satisfactory" or...
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The Open Market System Ensures That Deep Poverty Schools Can't Retain Great...
The Open Market Transfer System (OMTS) allows teachers to transfer from one school to another without the consent of the Principal from April to the first week of August. During that time if a teacher...
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Why Teacher Tenure Is Necessary.
The California court decision that struck down that State's teacher tenure law is already having the education reformer groups salivating in anticipation of similar lawsuits throughout the nation,...
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Educational Neglect Occurs At Excelsior Preparatory High School And The DOE...
Its no secret that the Bloomberg small high schools that now inhabit the Springfield Gardens Campus in Southeast Queens have been rapidly deteriorating academically. No longer can these schools...
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Retiring In June Or July? Know The Difference.
While I have no intention of retiring anytime soon, I did show up to the UFT retirement seminar to hear about the retirement process. With the new UFT/DOE contract retiring on June 30th rather than...
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No Bullying In The Schools But Peak Crime In The Subways Are Associated With...
It was interesting reading today's Daily News. Two completely separate stories were reported, one about crime in the subways, the other about lack of bullying incidents in the schools.. The first...
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Comparing The Defined Benefit Plan With The Defined Contribution Plan.
There has been an ongoing discussion about pension reform and the Detroit bankruptcy has put the spotlight on the affordability of the defined benefit plans that many State and Local governments...
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The DOE Provides Another Poor Example Of their Shoddy Work By Using Last...
Last night the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR) received their last minute rating sheet and it turns out that the incompetent and ineffective DOE sent the wrong rating sheet! That's right, the rating...
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The Scapegoating Of The Teaching Profession Will Result In A Future Teacher...
There is no secret that the education reform movement, hijacked by the hedge fund managers, billionaires, and the corporate elite (the 1%), has successfully blamed teachers for poor student academic...
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The Grade For Chancellor Carmen Farina Is a "D" For Disappointing.
The New York Daily Newsinterviewed some respected people who have a say in education, ranging from Ernest Logan, the President of the CSA (principals and assistant principals), Mona Davids, President...
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The Tier 6 Pension Plan For New Teachers Is Inferior To Previous Pension...
One of the reasons that the City wants to rid the school system of experienced teachers is that these teachers, if they can reach retirement age, will cost the City quite a bit of money once they start...
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The ATR Serverance Package Is An Insult To Us All.
Yesterday, the ATRs received an email from the DOE offering us an opportunity to leave our livelihood for a maximum of 19.2% of our present annual salary. Except for ATRs who were going to retire...
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The DOE Central Bureaucracy Grabs 77.5% Of The Federal Race To The Top Money...
The New York City Department of Education (DOE) took the lion's share of the federal Race to the Top (RttT) funds to pay for their own needs and only sent 22.5% to the schools, where the money was...
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