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The NYC Small Schools Have Many Disadvanatages.
\Being an ATR, I have first hand experience of the many disadvantages of the small school experience. Unfortunately, for the students of these small schools they soon realize that the propaganda that...
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The DOE Policy That Protects Pervy Principals Is Finallly Exposed By The Media.
The DOE claims they have a"zero tolerance" policy when a teacher is accused of sexual misconduct against a student. The presumption is that any sexually based allegations against a teacher requires...
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Bill Gates Ideas Are A Failure When It Comes To Public Eduction.
Over the last twenty years. Bill Gates has used his vast fortune, reputation, and celebrity to push an education agenda that radically changed the landscape. His ideas was must sought after by...
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Our Union Leadership Has Failed It's Members When It Comes To Negotiating A...
Many of us know that our union leadership has failed it's members as they have negotiated contracts that contained massive "givebacks", inadequate raises, and deteriorating teacher autonomy in the...
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How To Improve Test Scores? Air Condition The Classroom.
Most teachers know that teaching in a hot room is not conducive to good teaching and student learning. Of course school and DOE administrators would beg to differ since they have air conditioned...
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The DOE Refuses To Fund 41 Schools So They Can Hire A Full Time Guidance...
The DOE has a 25.5 billion dollar budget, yet they refuse to spend $5.2 million dollars to fill the vacant spots for a Guidance Counselor or Social Worker for 41 schools in the public school system....
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The Teacher Evaluation System Should be Eliminated.
I have watched with amusement how our Governor, Andrew Cuomo has made a 180 degree pivot on linking test scores to teacher evaluations. First, he demanded that at least 20% of a teacher's evaluation...
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My Response To The New Tork Times Biased Article On Principal Removals.
I read and reread the New York Times article on how three principals were removed and quickly realized that the entire article was based only on the principals side of their reassignment. The article...
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Paid Family Leave Starts Next Year For The United University Professionals,...
The first paid family leave contract was negotiated by the United University Professional (UUP), which included a 2% annual raise for the six years of the contract. The paid family leave negotiated...
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Only 22% Of First Grade Students Survived Success Academy To Graduate With A...
If you relied only on the New York City newspapers one would think that Eva Moskiwitz's Success Academy Charter Schools are a success. The truth is that for every student that started in first grade...
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Academic Fraud Is Common In The New York City Public Schools.
I have written previously that academic fraud is quite common in the New York City public school system. Be it bogus credit recovery, scholarship, changing grades, or administrative pressure, academic...
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The ATR Pool Attacked Once Again. This Time By The Citizen's Budget Commission.
The nonpartisan and anti-teacher Citizen's Budget Commission (CBC) blasted the City and the UFT that allows teachers to remain in the ATR pool indefinitely. According to the CBC report, the ATR pool...
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Bill De Blasio's Blunder On Specialized High School Admissions.
Mayor Bill de Blasio's ill advised proposal on how to achieve some semblance of diversify has stirred up a backlash, mainly by East Asian parents and their political allies. In addition, the...
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More Principals Acting Badly.
Three seems to be a small shift on how the DOE are handling principals who are acting badly under the new Chancellor, Richard, Carranza. Fist it was Howard Kwait, who was removed by the Chancellor...
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Courts Throw Out Charter Schools Weakened Teacher Certifiction Plan.
A New York State court ruled that the Success Academy Teacher Certification requirements would result in inexperienced and unqualified teachers to be in the classroom and enjoined the charter network...
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More Givebacks By The UFT On Parental Leave.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew loudly proclaimed victory in negotiating with the City on parental leave. At first glance, it does not seem to contain "givebacks" but on further analysis there is a...
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Fair Student Funding And Our Union.
Over the years I was told by union officials that they had no say on the DOE's use of school based fair student funding. While that is true the fair student funding would never have been implemented...
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NYSED Continues To Make It Easier To Pass The Algebra 1 Regents Exam.
When does a 30% correct response equals a 65% passing rate? Only in New York State. It seems that every year the New York State Education Department (NYSED) reduces the cut scores so that more...
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Will Chancellor Richard Carranza Clean House At Tweed?
Chancellor Richard Carranza was appointed in April and will be in office for five months. Time enough to get a feel of the New York City school system and more importantly, the abilities of the top...
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The City And DC37 Agree To A New Contract.
The City and DC37 have agreed to a new 44 month (3.67 years) contract that includes a 7.4% raise for the length of the contract. That equals to an equivalent of a 2% annual raise (inflation is...
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