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A Tale Of Two Schools And Their Cellphone Use.
When Mayor Bill de Blasio consolidated his control of the New York City Public Schools he eliminated the cellphone ban and gave principals the option to impose their own rules of cellphone use. The...
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The Loss Of Collective Barganing Hurts Teacher Retention. And Student...
Its been six years since Wisconsin eliminated collective bargaining rights for civil servants, known as Act 10. This included teachers, and it has resulted in significant changes to teacher...
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The Disconnect Between Graduation Rates And College Readiness - 2017
We all know that principals can and do manipulate the graduation rate. Credit recovery, grade changing, administration pressure on teachers, and school scholarship requirements (80% or more passing...
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Queens High Schools Not Ready For College.
High schools with low college readiness rates are usually associated with schools that have a high percentage of Black and Hispanic student bodies and are located in high poverty areas. This appears...
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Give Thanks You Are Not Working In These Schools.
Of all the high school snapshots in Queens, I came up with the eight principals that have the lowest teacher trust readings as nominated by their teaching staff. This list is based upon the 2016-17...
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Chaz's Golden Turkey Award.
This year's golden turkey award winners are the UFT leadership who negotiated an inferior ATR buyout and bought into the fraudulent ATR placement that has resulted in little change from previous years....
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Safe Schools? Yeah Right!
If you believe the DOE propaganda that the New York City schools are safer, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you, Sure, the DOE statistics do show a reduction in criminal actions but that's...
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Principals Win On ATR Placements.
According to my sources, the DOE;s ATR placement policy has not significantly changed the amount of ATRs permanently leaving the ATR pool, when compared to previous years. While the DOE's ATR buyout...
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Safe Schools? Yeah Right! - Part 2
Ina previous post I pointed out that weapons confiscated from students have risen an astounding 35% this school year so far but due to a lax discipline code, many of these students were not arrested or...
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Should You Contribute To The TRS Balanced Fund?
Starting next month the TRS Bond Fund will be discontinued and replaced by the Balanced Fund. For educators who are still contributing to the Bond Fund, the same percentage will now be assigned to the...
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Retirement And The GOP Tax Plan.
The GOP tax plan will punish high tax states like New York and many other Democratic states by eliminating the State and Local Income tax deduction. In addition, the property tax deduction is limited...
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Proof That The Graduation Rate Is Bogus.
Since the Bloomberg era the high school graduation rate has steadily increased from 50% in 2000 to 76% in the last school year. Of course Mayors Michael Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio has claimed that...
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DOE's ATR Placement Policy Is A Failure - Part 2.
Last month I wrote a post that suggested that the DOE's ATR placement policy was a failure, which was based upon anecdotal evidence. Now Charkbeat has published data, supplied by the DOE that confirms...
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The NYC Racial Achievement Gap Widenes As Students Get Older.
A decade ago Mayor Micael Bloomberg and Chancellor Joel Klein proclaimed that their education reforms had significantly narrowed the racial achievement gap. Of course those claims turned out to...
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The 300 Member Negotiating Committee Is Only A Fig Leaf.
Our union leadership is organizing a 300 member negotiating committee to help with the next contract that starts in November of 2018. However, if past history is a lesson, the 300 member negotiating...
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School Based Fair Student Funding Discriminates Against Veteran Teachers And...
There is little question that the DOE's use of school basedfair student funding has hurt student academic achievement by making it difficult, financially, for schools to hire veteran teachers and far...
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Safe Schools? Yeah Right! - Part 3.
The Bill de Blasio/Carmen Farina narrative that our schools are safe has been shown to ring hollow. Weapon confiscations have skyrocketed and staff and students feel more unsafe. Previously I wrote...
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Teacher Classroom Supplies Deduction Retained By The New Tax Plan.
The GOP tax plan, will probably be signed next week and become law for the 2018 year and beyond. This is bad news for people who live in high tax states like New York since only $10, 000 can be...
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The Sad Saga Of Ex- Principal Annie Schmutz Seifullah.
Back in April of 2014, Principal Annie Schmutz Seifullah of Robert Wagner Secondary School in Queens was removed as a Principal for allegedly sexting on her DOE laptop and cell phone. According to...
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More ATRs On The Way As The City Is Planning To Close 14 Additional Schools.
The City announced today that 14 schools will close at the end of the school year and that means 4,500 students and 400 educators will be seeking a new school. Of thee 14 schools over half are in the...
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