By Jason | May 16, 2011 at 9:30 pm | No comments
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A substitute teacher is accused of sending inappropriate text messages to a student at West Moore High School.
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By Jason | May 13, 2011 at 3:29 pm | No comments
Lamenting his ability to trim the city's budget, Mayor Bloomberg this week assailed increases in teacher salaries. But he hasn't always seen teachers '
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By Jason | May 13, 2011 at 3:29 pm | No comments
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Cuomo have feuded over the city's desire to blow a hole in “last-in, first-out” protections for teachers but making employment decisions subject to seniority as well as teacher evaluations. ...
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By Jason | May 11, 2011 at 11:47 am | No comments
Mayor Bloomberg indicated that teacher salaries are a main target in union negotiations. (Post) Layoffs would likely cause the city to lose young teachers .
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By Jason | May 10, 2011 at 3:07 am | No comments
Corbett's budget "is a sure-fire way to send the city back into more poverty," said former city middle school teacher , Lisa Haver, 55. "Education is a human right, and this is an assault on public education," said Azeem Hill, 17, ...
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By kcaskins | May 6, 2011 at 12:30 pm | No comments
NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Friday unveiled what he called a "budget full of difficult decisions" that includes the loss of more than 6000 teachers . Other city funding cuts would include 15 percent for parks and recreation, ...
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By Jason | May 5, 2011 at 8:34 pm | No comments
IOWA CITY – The Iowa City school board now has the data it requested to help it determine whether to keep Hills Elementary open, and the results don't.
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By kcaskins | May 4, 2011 at 9:35 pm | No comments
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) - One day after the city of Providence recalled about three-quarters of the school district's 1900 fired teachers , the Providence Teachers Union maintains both the firings and re-hirings are illegal.
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By Jason | May 3, 2011 at 4:07 pm | No comments
Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone posted a YouTube video appeal to the city's school unions asking them for millions in concessions before the city commits $20 million.
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By Jason | April 26, 2011 at 1:17 pm | No comments
In what seems to be a trend all across the country, teachers will be seeing massive layoffs in New York City. Mayor Michael Bloomberg will finalize his budget next week and it looks grim. In what is considered the 'greatest city in the world' we are looking at one of the...
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