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Fair Student Funding Hurts High Poverty Schools And Forces Their Principals...
Back in 2007 Chancellor Joel Klein, with the enthusiastic support of Deputy Chancellor Eric Nadelstern and his education deformer friends proposed an entirely new way to fund schools. It was...
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A Letter To A Field Supervisor From A Disrespected ATR.
I was fortunate enough to have received in my email a letter that an ATR wrote to his field supervisor and I decided to publish it, with some editing for content, for all educators to see and what ATRs...
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The DOE And UFT Have Made It Easier To Termminate Teachers.
Back in 2007 the UFT and DOE agreed to a voluntary program called "Peer Intervention Program Plus" or commonly known as PIP+. The theory behind the PIP+ program was to have an independent evaluator...
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When Will Chancellor Carmen Farina Say Enough And Remove These Devil Principals?
Once again the Principal of John Bowne High School, Howard Kwait, finds himself on the wrong side of an investigation, according to the New York Post. This time its for grade changing and the Office...
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Ex Chancellor Joel Klein Changes His Tune About Poverty & Education.
Back in the heyday of the Bloomberg administration, Chancellor Joel Klein bragged how New York City was closing the racial achievement gap. All his controversial policies that included closing...
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Termination Pay Or Terminal Leave? - What You Should Know.
One of the options at retirement that teachers have is to "cash in"their available sick days by either applying for termination pay or terminal leave. In both cases for every 2 sick days, 1 day is...
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To Ed Deformers, Its Deep Poverty Stupid!
Over the years education reform organizations, commonly known as ed deformers have minimized the role poverty plays in student academic achievement and blame the problem on "ineffective teachers". Now...
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I Support The "Opt Out" Movement And So Does The New Regents Chancellor.
I have been a firm supporter of the "opt out" movement that was in response to the State's misguided Common Core based "high stakes tests" that forced teachers to forego real education to concentrate...
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Governor Cuomo Wants To Screw State Employees Once Again.
As we come to the end of the 2011-16 contract that royally screwed State workers, our Governor has once again decided to balance his budget on the backs of his State workers. First, he has decided not...
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The Union's Spin Zone.
This post is about two issues that have come up in the the last week. First, about the union's attempt to put "lipstick on the pig". Attempting to show that forcing ATRs to take provisional positions...
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The Story On Why The Unity Caucus Is The Blame For The ATR Crisis.
Let's get something straight, the ATR crisis that started a decade ago is the creation of the DOE but it would not have been possible without the approval of the Unity leadership running the UFT. This...
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Report Identifies Dangerous Schools In Queens But Excludes Charter Schools.
A charter school organization published a report on how dangerous public schools are in New York City since Bill de Blasio became Mayor and changed the student discipline code. Interestingly, the...
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Welcome To Dwarkaville!
One of the more infamous Leadership Academy principals in the New York City Public School system is Namita Dwarka of William Cullen Bryant High School in Astoria Queens. She has one of the lowest...
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My Interview With Mikey.
I interviewed a union leader who is known as "Mikey". He is the President of one of the most powerful unions in the State and I thought it was time to interview such a powerful figure. Mikey is...
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The Destructive Bloomberg Policies Have Not Changed Under Bill De Blasio And...
There was great hope from real educators when the anti-Bloomberg, Bill de Blasio became Mayor of New York City. Sure, his selection of Chancellor in Carmen Farina, was a concern given her association...
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DOE Threatens To Discipline Teachers Who Tell Parents That They Support The...
Once again the DOE has tried to intimidate teachers by threatening them with discipline if they convince parents to "opt out"their children from the Common Core based State tests starting tomorrow that...
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More Newbie Teachers To Be Hired At Six "Failed" Schools.
The New York State Education Department has decided that six schools are "out of time"and the schools will follow the infamous 18D process if they want to reapply for their positions. With the new...
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Long Island's "Opt Out" Numbers Are Higher Than Last Year.
In today's Newsday, the newspaper reported preliminary"opt out"numbers for most of the Long Island school districts and it came out to 51% for the English test and I suspect that the Math will be even...
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School Safety Incidents Increase As Bill de Blasio Weakens The Student...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg was terrible for the New York City Public School system as he allowed class sizes to increase, shortchanged the schools of badly needed resources, and waged a continuous war...
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Collaboration or Confrontation? The Difference Between Good And Bad Schools.
A school that can reach its academic potential is a school where the Administration and staff have a strong collaborative work ethic. Schools where the administration collaborates with the staff...
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