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The Media Bias Against The "Opt Out" Movement.
If you read the various newspaper editorials, they would have you believe that the growing anger against the Common Core based high-stakes testing is spearheaded by the teacher unions and a few parent...
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The College Acceptance Rate Increase Hides The Fact That Most NYC High School...
The Bill De Blasio and Carmen Farina Administration were greeted with some good news that there was a bump upward that high school graduates were applying for college and career occupations in higher...
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Why Aren't Parents Being Held Accountable For Their Child's Absenteeism?
The New York Post published an article that showed that many Elementary and Middle School students were chronically absent. Every study shows that children who are absent from school for a period of...
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It May Be A Different Administration But When It Comes To Teacher Discipline,...
The end of the Bloomberg administration was greeted with universal joy by the teachers and other staff members of the New York City Public Schools. Even principals, except for the Leadership Academy...
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School Overcrowding And Larger Class Sizes Is The Hallmark Of The De Blasio...
Despite assurances and campaign promises by Bill de Blasio to reduce class size and build more classrooms to alleviate school overcrowding, it turns out that class sizes have actually risen and school...
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Why The NYU Study On The Closed Schools, When Replaced By Small Schools, Is...
This week, NYU released a study showing that students fared better with the closing of the many large comprehensive high schools and replaced by the Bloomberg small schools. The basis for the study's...
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The DOE Double Standard Continues Under Renewal Superintendent Amiee Horowitz.
Here will go again! Another scandal has been exposed under renewal Superintendent Amiee Horowitz as she allowed a removed Principal, due to her alleged sexual misconduct with school personnel and a...
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Has The Union Leadership Sold The ATRs Out?
I am increasingly concerned over the fate of many ATRs in rotation as they are being increasingly harassed by the DOE to include Danielson, Common Core, and rigor in their lesson, despite the ATR being...
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The Winners Of The 2015 Golden Turkey Award.
Today is Thanksgiving and its time for my annual turkey award for those leaders who have hurt education and made the classroom environment an unwelcome place to be. This year features a three time...
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How Much Is Your Pension Reduced By Taking A Loan Out At Retirement?
Some educators believe its a good idea to take a loan from their pension just before retirement and use that money to fund a large ticket item or invest it into the equity market. These educators can...
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In The DOE Its Still All About The Graduation Rate Not The Student's Education.
Once again the New York Post exposes academic fraud in the New York City Public Schools. This time it's the Principal of DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. According to the Post article, the...
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Is Andrew Cuomo's Pivot On Teacher Evaluations Real? I Don't Believe It Is.
Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo, after seeing his poll numbers plummet and his education agenda under attack by parents, teachers, and School Superintendents, has apparently made an about face on...
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Why The City Wants Veteran Teachers To Leave Teaching. Its About The Pension!
The DOE has encouraged many veteran teachers to leave teaching in the City schools and while some of the reasons are the rise of the "Leadership Academy Principal"(about 20% of all principals), the...
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Sometimes Our Union Does Protect Their Members.
I have been extremely critical of our union leadership and rightly so, as they seem to care more about their political views than what's important to the members. Examples were the inferior contract...
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A Week Of Principals Acting Badly.
Here we go again and the newspapers and blogs are full of principals who are acting badly. Be it having their own personal shower and refusing to supply a key to it to others, a Principal who's...
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The De Blasio/Farina Renewal School Goals Are A Joke!
Finally, Chancellor Carmen Farina has made public the goals for the 94 renewal schools and the pumping in an extra $400 million dollars that will achieve these goals and the consensus is that they the...
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Goivernor Cuomo's Common Core Panel Is Recommending A Moratorium On Teacher...
The large and ever growing "opt out" movement has apparently scared Governor Cuomo enough that his hand-picked Common Core Task Force will recommend an up to four year moratorium on linking teacher...
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A Strong Union Represents Their Members And Our Union Leadership Has Come Up...
I have been highly critical of our union leadership and rightfully so. They have given us inferior contracts which was short on money and loaded with "givebacks",. made some teachers (the ATRs) second...
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What Happened To Chancellor Carmen Farina's Promise That Principals Needed...
Last year one of the very few positive changes the disappointing Chancellor, Carmen Farina, made was that graduates from the infamous"Leadership Academy" would have a minimum of seven years teaching...
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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly.
I was very amused by UFT President Michael Mulgrew's claim of victory after the State Regents has imposed a four-year moratorium on using the Common Core based high-stakes State tests for teacher...
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