NY Times has an article about how NYC has spent close to $100 million dollars last year on private consultants alone. In a budget strapped education system. Helping struggling teachers improve has become a big concern — and a big business — across the country,...
NY1 has an article about how NY Education Chancellor Walcott has said that to balance the budget, layoffs will have to incur in order to deliver promises. Teacher layoffs may be off the table in this year's budget fight, but the schools chancellor said at a City Council...
The New York Daily News has an article about a Brooklyn school that allowed teachers and administrators to give answer to students in order to get higher scores on their state exams. Investigators are probing charges that teachers at a Sunset Park public school gave kids...
The NY Post has an article about how even though the NYC DOE has taken down the rubber room, many teachers are still in the 'rubber room' until their trials are brought to light The “rubber rooms” have bounced back. They’re just smaller and scattered now. More than...
The New York Times School Book has an article about the city's new special education plan, budget and execution A plan to restructure the city’s special education program by funneling thousands of learning-disabled children into mainstream classrooms — an increasingly...
The New York Times has an article about the heating presidential campaign and their views on education Lamenting that millions of American children receive “a third world education,” Mitt Romneyon Wednesday called for poor and disabled students to be able to use...
The New York Times has an article about two highly ranked Brooklyn Schools caught cheating on their test numbers Two of the highest-ranking public elementary schools in New York City are under investigation for possible irregularities on state examinations, officials said...
The New York Times has an article about how public scholarships have been backed doored to private schools. When the Georgia legislature passed a private school scholarship program in 2008, lawmakers promoted it as a way to give poor children the same education choices as...
The New York Post has an article about the recent scandal surrounding UFT head Mulgrew and his recent publicity. UFT President Mike Mulgrew was caught “in flagrante delicto” with a guidance counselor at William Grady HS, where he taught before becoming the union’s boss,...
The Wall Street Journal has an article about how the city is changing the teaching pool by either buying out teachers or getting rid of them. This cost cutting measure is usually set for older teachers who are at the higher pay grade. After years of trying to oust...
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