By Jason | February 22, 2012 at 8:09 pm | No comments
Posted Feb 22nd 2012 at 1:44 pm in Big Labor, Education | 43393619 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fbiggovernment.com%2Feagtv%2F2012%2F02%2F22%2Fdid-wisconsin- teacher -union-president-mary-bell-tell-a-lie%2FDid+Wisconsin+ ...
Link:
Did Wisconsin Teacher Union President Mary Bell...
Posted in: Uncategorized
By Jason | February 22, 2012 at 6:04 pm | No comments
A Los Angeles substitute teacher charged with sexual misconduct with students is thought to be a fugitive in Mexico, police say.
Read the rest here:
Teacher charged with sex abuse is fugitive in Mexico, police say...
Posted in: Uncategorized
By Jason | February 22, 2012 at 10:36 am | No comments
insideschools.org has an interesting trend in NYC public schools to maintain their budgets and performance metrics by deny entry for special needs students
"Special needs children need not apply."
There was no sign hanging on the main office at PS 289 in Bedford-Stuyvesant...
Posted in: News
By Jason | February 22, 2012 at 10:28 am | No comments
As a result of his efforts, the leadership of the teachers ' unions and State Education Commissioner John King joined Governor Cuomo last Thursday to announce the creation of a groundbreaking teacher evaluation system that makes New ...
Link:
Cuomo 2014 Mails On...
Posted in: Uncategorized
By Jason | February 22, 2012 at 6:38 am | No comments
Tricia Donegan, the owner and director of New York's Bikram Yoga Lower East Side, stepped out of her hot yoga studio once again to answer her "celly," as she calls her cell phone, and a few questions about how to end ...
More:
Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.: Lady...
Posted in: Uncategorized
By Jason | February 22, 2012 at 2:46 am | No comments
Former Miramonte teacher Mark Berndt: Sheriff's officials denied claims by an attorney for former Miramonte school teacher Mark Berndt that his client is being harassed at Twin Towers by deputies who staff the downtown jail.
Continued here:
Officials deny ex-Miramonte...
Posted in: Uncategorized
By Jason | February 21, 2012 at 5:48 pm | No comments
Bronx Student Recalls Alleged Attack By Teacher In Classroom | NY1 News is Time Warner Cable's 24-hour newschannel in New York City, delivering breaking news and features about the five boroughs.
Original post:
Bronx Student Recalls Alleged Attack By Teacher In...
Posted in: Uncategorized
By Jason | February 21, 2012 at 10:38 am | No comments
The LA Times has an interesting article about parents feeling duped about their bid to turn their school into a charter school.
Julie Rodriguez wanted improvement — but not a wholesale change of staff — at her children's school in the High Desert community of Adelanto. So...
Posted in: News
By Jason | February 21, 2012 at 10:07 am | No comments
LOS ANGELES -- It's called the "rubber room" -- a popular name for a reassignment center many say is emblematic of what is wrong with public education. The rubber room is where teachers accused of everything from drug ...
See the original post:
U.S. News - Where do...
Posted in: Uncategorized
By Jason | February 21, 2012 at 7:24 am | No comments
A local teacher is showing his students how geometry is applied in real life. These classroom lessons are coming through some special on-the-job training.
Read more:
High School Teacher Builds Home With Students To Teach...
Posted in: Uncategorized