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The Two Worst Academic School Districts On Long Island
Long Island is known for their high quality and expensive school districts in the nation. Many middle and upper income families who live in New York City will wait for their children to become school...
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No Change In The Gifted And Talented Programs This Year
After receiving intense push-back from parents and the Asian-American community, the DOE has decided not to change the gifted and talented program for this year. The gifted and talented program was...
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Theoretically A Discontinued Teacher Does Not Mean That Teacher Cannot Get A...
A teacher cannot achieve tenure until they put in a minimum of three of the four years of effective or higher ratings and quite a few teachers need five years as the Principal or Superintendent may...
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Stop Dumbing Down The High School Diploma Requirements
For the last decade New York State Education Department (NYSED) has weakened the requirements for achieving a high school diploma. Since 1995 NYS Regents was the "gold standard"that showed if high...
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Federal Employees Will Get A 2.6% Raise
The Trump administration will approve a 2.6% raise for federal and civilian employees. This is less than the 3.1% that the House of representatives approved but it seems that the 2.6% raise will...
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Repost: Teachers, Not Administrators Dictate The Lesson Plan Format
The Lesson Plan It has come to my attention that many principals are telling teachers what must be in their lesson plan. Let me clarify what the school administrators can demand from the teacher. The...
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Maspeth High School Cheats For The Illusion Of Success
Maspeth high school has been accused of cheating to jack up their academic success. This Queens high school has been written about previously in my blog and others for the high percentage and abuse...
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What Do Oklahoma And New York City Teachers Have In Common?
CBS Morning News did a story on Oklahoma's trouble recruiting and retaining teachers and you can find it Here. Oklahoma not only experiences a severe teacher shortage, they cannot retain teachers...
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NYC High Schools Practice Academic Fraud To Jack Up The Graduation Rate
Most high school teachers in New York City know that academic fraud is practiced in most, if not all the schools. Be it scholarship requirements, easy credits, blended learning, grade inflation, or...
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Mayor De Blasio Backs Away From Eliminating The SHSAT
According to the New York Post the Mayor threw in the towel about eliminating the SHSAT for the specialized high schools and will start from scratch to come up with other ideas to diversify the...
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Academic Fraud At Maspeth High School - Part 2
It seems that Mayor De Blasio was informed of the academic fraud at Maspeth high school and failed to take action. Worse, the Mayor did not remove the school administrators before the school year...
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When Will Class Sizes Decrease?
One of the legacies of Michael Bloomberg are large class sizes. The ex Mayor saw no problem in large class sizes as he refused to spend money on more teachers and if it was up to him, class sizes...
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A Tale Of Two School Districts
The Ward Melville school district has set up a teachers room with soft lighting, piped in music, a large television, high speed computers and printers and nice furniture in their high school. They...
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New York State Will Allow School Districts To Evaluate Teachers
The New York State Board of Regents will no longer require school districts to evaluate teachers, based upon State tests. Obviously, the 20% statewide opt out rate had greatly influenced the...
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All Social Security Retirees Will Get a 1.6% Cost Of Living Increase In 2020
All Social Security retirees will receive a 1.6% cost of living (COLA) increase for 2020. For the average retiree that is an increase of $24 monthly. The COLA will be in the January Social Security...
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Blame Principals For Not Having A School Nurse On Staff
Some New York City public schools lack a school nurse, despite many children having health issues like diabetes and asthma. The blame can be placed on the doorstep of the Principal, who has total...
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Chicago Teachers Strike
The Chicago teachers went out on strike today after the City refused to put in writing lower class sizes and assurances of hiring adequate support staff for the schools.The teachers have asked for a...
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Will The DOE Finally Place ATRs?
The DOE has finally taking steps to place ATRs. In schools that have a history of hard to fill certain subjects and retain teachers , the DOE has decided to allow principals to hire an ATR free of...
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Joe Biden And The UFT Leadership
Joe Biden showed up to the Teacher Recognition Day Conference, run by the UFT, and tried to claim he was a pro public school teacher and promised to increase teacher salaries and school funding....
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Chicago Teachers Strike Continues
The Chicago Teachers Strike continues for a third week and according to the Chicago City Government they are 100 million dollars apart, which is quite significant. Moreover, the City has not agreed to...
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