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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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