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Why Aren't Parents And Students Held Accountable For Their Academics And...
It seems to me that in the age of "accountability" where teachers are evaluated on "junk science"and schools are rated on high stakes Common Core tests that are not grade appropriate, the students and...
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ATRs. How To Find Your First Placement.
Yesterday, ATRs received an e-mail notification that on September 4th, they will receive their school placement. However, the DOE has already placed all ATRs and you can find your placement by doing...
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The New Orleans Charter School Miracle Is A Myth.
Its been 10 years that hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans and destroyed the City's public school system. Most of the residents were displaced and almost all the schools were damaged from flooding...
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Here's How The DOE Renewal Schools Can Actually Attract Quality Teachers.
I am strongly skeptical that the DOE renewal schools will be able to attract more than a handful of "highly effective" experienced teachers to their schools. Since no real "highly effective" quality...
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Reminders To ATRs.
On Tuesday September 8th you need to report to your assigned school. Failure to report to your assigned school after 2 days without medical documentation or approved leave may result in your automatic...
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The Quality Teacher Shortage Is Evident In The New York City Schools Based On...
Every parent wants a "quality teacher" for their child and school leaders recognized that. Therefore, principals, who were themselves long-term teachers, did their best to hire the highly experienced...
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ATR Alliance (ATRA) Meeting Next Sunday.
There will be an ATR Alliance meeting for all ATRs and interested parties on Sunday, September 20th, at the reception hall located at 8722 52nd Avenue in Elmhurst Queens.from 12:00 to 3:00 pm.There is...
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Where Are The Effective Teachers That Carmen Farina Claimed The Renewal...
With much fanfare the disappointing Chancellor, Carmen Farina, claimed that she was going to turn around the floundering renewal schools by getting the schools to hire "effective teachers". However,...
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Why Is Namita Dwarka Still A Principal?
Here we go again. Another potential scandal has reared its ugly head at William Cullen Bryant High School as the 33 year old assistant principal, Pelgia Papoutsis, was removed from the school as a...
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Investigators Bury Accusations Of Cheating. What Else Is New?
It is not surprising that allegations of academic fraud has risen substantially over the years as schools were under pressure to increase their graduation rate and credit accumulation. However, in far...
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Michael Mulgrew's Fantasyland.
Here will go again. UFT President Michael Mulgrew continues to claim that everything is looking up and teacher morale is improving with the De Blasio/Farina administration not tying to fire everybody....
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What's Next For The MORE/New Action Coalition?
Two opposition caucuses, MORE and New Action have stopped fighting and decided to "bury the hatchet" and run a joint slate in the 2016 UFT elections. This is welcomed news as the combination of the...
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Why Parents Really "Opt Out" Their Children. Its The Teacher Evaluation Tie-in!
The State Department of Education and the Governor both claimed that the teacher unions were the blame for the 20% "opt out"rates of the State's Common Core high-stakes tests. However, both dismiss...
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Veteran Teachers Fleeing Troubled NYC High Schools In Droves.
If you read the New York Daily News or the Post, you would think that the reason many high schools are struggling is because they have "ineffective" or bad teachers. However, the truth is that too...
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Mayor Bill De Blasio's Education Agenda Is A Joke.
With much fanfare, Mayor Bill de Blasio rolled out his education agenda and to say the least its very flawed. In his education agenda he wants many "high needs"schools to have a second grade reading...
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The Failure Of Our Union To Make Life Better For Their Members - Part I, The...
This post is the first of a six part series on the union's failure to improve the hostile working conditions that the New York City public school teachers are subject to on a daily basis. Long gone...
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The DOE Failure To Take Action Against Willian Cullen Bryant's Administration...
Here will go again. The New York Post published a report showing how the school administration stiffed their students and failed to pay them for summer work to fix and upgrade the school's computer...
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The Failure Of Our Union To Make Life Better For The Members Part II, The...
During the Weingarten/Mulgrew years the contracts negotiated by the "Unity caucus" has been short on money and long on "givebacks". The recurring theme by both Randi Weingarten and Michael Mulgrew is...
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The Out Of Time Schools Are Out Of Luck When It Comes To Getting Effective...
Chancellor Carmen Farina made a great show of propaganda by claiming the renewal schools will be recruiting "effective teachers" for their schools and improve student performance. However, anecdotal...
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Chancellor Carmen Farina Kept 80% Of The Bloomberg Managers At The DOE.
When Mayor Bill de Blasio became Mayor and appointed Carmen Farina as Chancellor, most educators were hoping for a "spring cleaning"of the Bloomberg agenda at the DOE. However, it was obvious that...
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