Mayor Michael Bloomberg commended both his administration as well as Union leaders for averting layoffs. However, teachers and educators are suggesting that Bloomberg used political pressure for concessions on the Teacher Unions. Budgets and jobs have been slashed all across...
It's no surprise around the office about how I feel about charter schools. I feel as though it is under the same premise of sub-prime mortgages. They promise great things while risking your children's education. The unchecked financial structure in charter schools allows...
Private Elite Middle/High Schools are so competitive that parents are willing to pay top dollar to attend. Riverdale Country School, one of the countries most elite private school, has topped tuition at over $40,000 dollars. Some are stating that this is a new trend in...
This is how it starts, teachers are in a layoff crisis where they might have to divert funds from their health care to avoid such layoffs. Unfortunately, this is what it has come down to, losing benefits in order to keep their jobs. At this rate, nobody will want to go into...
In what seems like a speculative statistic, NYC seems to spend most per child than anywhere else in the country. On average, we spend around 19 thousand per student compared to number 2, which is around 16 thousand from New Jersey. Now you have to take into account personal,...
In New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced it's new budget plan for education. It calls for 4278 teacher layoffs of education jobs and 1500 through attrition. The budget proposal was announced in February, however the number of teacher layoffs was slightly...
Parents are really upset with Michael Bloomberg for the Cathie Black fiasco, they are so upset that they are suing him for $100 million. 14 parents along with a group New York Parents Union are filing a lawsuit against the Mayor Of New York for not having the best interest in...
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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