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Are Our Schools Really Safer? The Answer Is No!
If you read the newspapers, the De Blasio administration and Chancellor, Carmen Farina, will crow about how suspensions are decreasing and criminal arrests are way down from the Bloomberg years. What...
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What's New For The ATRs? Some Facts And More Rumors.
It appears that the ATR rotation has ended for the most part this school year. The majority of the ATRs were left in their school when the last rotation occurred. The only ATRs moved were ATRs that...
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NYSED Commissioner MaryEllen Elia's "Final Solution" Blunder.
You would think that a person in the top spot of education in New York State would be smart enough not to touch a"third rail" and electrocute herself. Well, New York State Education Department...
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Monika Garp, Another Principal That Shouldn't Be Running Her School.
Two years ago the DOE, without the approval of the school staff, the community, or the parents of Central Park East 1 elementary school, installed a new Principal in the legendary progressive school....
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There Are Too Many Bad Principals Running Their Schools.
One of the reasons that teaching in the New York City Public School System has become an unappealing job can be attributed to many factors. The Obama Administration's policies linking teacher...
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How Eva Moscowitz's Success Academy Charter School Pushes Out Difficult...
In the Daily News today we have another case of Eva Moscowitz's Success Academy Charter School giving a 7 year old boy a 45 day suspension and when it was reduced by a DOE hearing officer, he was again...
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John Bowne High School Has Become More Dangerous For Students.
John Bowne High School is a high school thatis located in a leafy Middle-class neighborhood in Flushing and has a diverse student body and theoretically should be an attractive high school for...
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School Discipline Issues Rise As Suspensions Fall.
Since Bill de Blasio became Mayor of New York City in 2014. one of his priorities was to reduce the student suspension rate. He and the Chancellor, Carmen Farina, implemented new student discipline...
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Bad Teacher? Maybe. Bad School? Absolutely!
Over the last couple of months a 25 year veteran teacher was accused of corporal punishment and ended up being arrested and getting a 30-day jail sentence for shoving a 7-year old child that didn't...
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Good News! NYSUT Has Reopened The Catastrophe Major Medical Plan
One of the very few benefits that NYSUT offered that was considered a good deal was the Catastrophe Major Medical Plan. This plan is an affordable supplemental health insurance policy that pays...
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Chancellor Carmen Farina Announces The Virtual Elimination Of Suspensions For...
Starting yesterday, and over the vocal objections of school safety officers, the teachers, and Principal unions, disappointing Chancellor, Carmen Farina, announced the virtual elimination of...
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Our Union Leadership Ignores Vindictive Principals.
Over the last three plus years since Mayor Bill de Blasio took over as Mayor, our union leadership has played nice with the progressive Mayor. When he selected the anti-veteran educator, the...
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The DOE's Scholarship Scam
I have written about the massive academic fraud that many schools, especially the diploma mill high schools, that push out otherwise, failing students, unprepared into the adult world of high education...
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Homeless Students And The Teacher Evaluation System.
In New York State, thanks to ex-President Barack Obama and his Bill Gates inspired Race to the top program, we have a teacher evaluation system that counts all students as part of the teacher's...
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The Daily News Gets It Wrong Again.
In today's Daily News there is an article that falsely claims that two teachers, jailed were still getting paid their full salaries by the City. The Daily News is incorrect, during the time the two...
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Educators Served With 3020-a Termination Charges Remain High During The De...
When Mayor Bill de Blasio took over there was hope that the confrontational actions at the DOE would change to collaboration. However, once he selected Carmen Farina as Chancellor with her...
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Eric Nadelstern's Delusional Proposal To integrate And Help Struggling Schools.
Once again, out pops reformy Eric Nadelstern and how, if only he was Chancellor (Mayor?) of the New York City schools, he would solve the problem of struggling schools and integration. Yes, the very...
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What The Tenure Numbers Mean?
Last week Chalkbeat published the latest tenure figures supplied by the DOE and it showed that 34% did not earn tenure. However, what the data also showed that most of the teachers denied tenure,...
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Parking Permits - Its Not What It Seems.
If you read Michael Mulgrew's statement about parking permits, one might think that this is good news as it allows teachers to park on the street in DOE assigned parking spaces. However, you must red...
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Vindictive Principals - We Won The Battle At CPE1 But Not The War.
After a long and protracted battle to remove vindictive Principal Monika Garp, the teachers and parents at CPE1 finally forced the DOE to remove the Principal. However, the war against the 399 other...
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