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Governor Cuomo Wants To Veto Bill For Teacher Evaluations

Governor Cuomo Wants To Veto Bill For Teacher Evaluations

By | June 15, 2012 at 9:24 am | No comments

NYPOST has an article about how Governor Cuomo wants to veto a bill that would give all access to teacher data and evaluations ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo is taking a my-way-or-the-highway approach to limiting disclosure of teacher evaluations, although sources reported progress on...

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With Buffalo’s approval, NYC is last district without SIG funds

With Buffalo’s approval, NYC is last district without SIG funds

By | June 14, 2012 at 9:17 am | No comments

Gothamschools.org has an article about NYC and the last of federal funding After a protracted back-and-forth that included a district-union dust-up over absenteeism, State Education Commissioner John King is restoring a pot of federal funds to Buffalo. That leaves just...

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DOE Reveals Summer Students To Schools

DOE Reveals Summer Students To Schools

By | June 13, 2012 at 9:11 am | No comments

NY1 has an article about how many students will have to attend summer school. City schools found out Monday which students will have to go to summer school.  The Department of Education estimated that nearly 33,000 third through eighth-grade students are being recommended to...

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Union Wants Cuomo To Let Parents See Limited Evaluations

Union Wants Cuomo To Let Parents See Limited Evaluations

By | June 12, 2012 at 9:21 am | No comments

NY Daily News has an article about how the UFT wants Cuomo to allow parents see limited evaluations of the teacher ALBANY — The powerful state and city teachers unions are pushing Gov. Cuomo to allow parents to see the evaluations of their kids’ teachers by appointment...

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Risky Rise of the Good-Grade Pill

Risky Rise of the Good-Grade Pill

By | June 11, 2012 at 9:23 am | No comments

The New York Times has an article about how students across the country are facing pressure to perform well in school that they have started to rely on performance enhancing drugs He steered into the high school parking lot, clicked off the ignition and scanned the scraps...

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Parents Pay for School Staff

Parents Pay for School Staff

By | June 8, 2012 at 9:15 am | No comments

The New York Times has an article about schools who are facing budget cuts use money from parents to pay for more staff. At some schools, parent associations pay for part-time music teachers. At others, they pay for lunchroom aides, or library workers who are considered...

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DOE collapses charter schools office as charter landscape shifts

DOE collapses charter schools office as charter landscape shifts

By | June 7, 2012 at 9:28 am | No comments

Gothamschools.org has an article about the DOE collapse of the charter school offices based on recent backlash. While one tightly organized contingent of the city’s charter school sector prepared to stage a rallyoutside City Hall today, the Department of Education was...

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NYC Schools Chancellor Pushes Misconduct Bill

NYC Schools Chancellor Pushes Misconduct Bill

By | June 6, 2012 at 9:27 am | No comments

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York City schools chancellor is lobbying state lawmakers to give him authority to discipline teachers for inappropriate sexual conduct that isn't serious enough to warrant criminal charges. Chancellor Dennis Walcott says Tuesday the measure would...

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Gym Class Instead of Soda Bans

Gym Class Instead of Soda Bans

By | June 5, 2012 at 9:31 am | No comments

NY Daily News has an article about the recent soda ban and child obesity.  Most teachers are suggesting that we bring back mandatory physical education. City Council members Monday grilled the city’s health commissioner over Mayor Bloomberg’s planned supersized-soda...

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Bills on table take diverse approaches to teacher rating shield

Bills on table take diverse approaches to teacher rating shield

By | June 4, 2012 at 9:26 am | No comments

Gothamschools.org has an article on the law which would shield teachers ratings from the public. With just weeks left in the legislative session, bills to shield teachers’ ratings from public scrutiny are still on the table in Albany. But no consensus has yet formed about...

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