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Teacher Union Looks To Sue Over Test Score Evaluations

Teacher Union Looks To Sue Over Test Score Evaluations

By | May 18, 2011 at 1:18 pm | No comments

The Department Of Education and the Teacher's Union are clashing against new rules about using standardize test scores for teacher evaluations.  The United Federation Of Teachers are looking to set up a law suit. "It's over-weighting something that all of the experts and...

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Gov Cuomo Soon To Release New Pension Reforms

Gov Cuomo Soon To Release New Pension Reforms

By | May 17, 2011 at 9:45 am | No comments

Governor Cuomo is set to release a revised benefits plan for public city workers.  This new plan increases the age for NYC public employees to retire to 65 as well as cut out corruption for pension padding.  Teachers who have been in the system planning on retiring now face a...

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Bloomberg Praises Cuomo's 'Thoughtful' Teacher Evaluation Approach

By | May 13, 2011 at 10:16 pm | 2 comments

Andrew Cuomo's proposal for revising the Board of Regents teacher evaluation standards – an issue that has become something of a sticking point as the mayor is threatening to fire thousands of NYC teachers and pushing for the repeal of ... Read this article: Bloomberg...

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Capitol Confidential » Cuomo wants tweaks to teacher evaluation plan

By | 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. ... Read more: Capitol Confidential » Cuomo...

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RT @mmangen Help a teacher in an inner city NYC school get his students some toolz & skillz. http://ow.ly/4RJ5Q via @RedheadWriting A-wesome

By | May 11, 2011 at 4:11 pm | No comments

RT @mmangen Help a teacher in an inner city NYC school get his students some toolz & skillz. http://ow.ly/4RJ5Q via @RedheadWriting A-wesome Read more from the original source: RT @mmangen Help a teacher in an inner city NYC school get his students some toolz &...

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Superintendent threatens principal for offering teacher tenure …

By | May 10, 2011 at 3:07 am | No comments

The story that follows is from a NYC teacher , third year, in a middle school in a NYC district. Her name and school are not available yet, but will be, soon See more here: Superintendent threatens principal for offering teacher tenure...

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End of Empire Education | The Global Realm

By | May 8, 2011 at 4:23 pm | No comments

End of Empire Education Learning to Resist, Yearning to Breathe Free. By MATT MEYER CounterPunch.org. The rest is here: End of Empire Education | The Global...

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NYC Public School Parents: The mayor’s choice: a budget which puts … http://bit.ly/iFCOGw

By | May 7, 2011 at 6:27 am | No comments

NYC Public School Parents: The mayor's choice: a budget which puts ... Continued here: NYC Public School Parents: The mayor's choice: a budget which puts ......

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Education Commissioner Approves Waiver For Dennis Walcott

Education Commissioner Approves Waiver For Dennis Walcott

By | April 14, 2011 at 4:40 pm | No comments

In one of the fastest approvals I have seen, the NYC education commissioner approved a waiver for Dennis Walcott to become the NYC DOE School Chancellor replacing Cathie Black.  In one of the more controversial runnings within the past decade of the NYC education system, the...

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Cathie Black…the Saga Continues

Cathie Black…the Saga Continues

By | April 8, 2011 at 9:32 am | No comments

After yesterdays press conference, Cathie Black publicly stated that she was stepping down.  Replacing Black is Dennis Walcott, the former liaison to the school system during Joel Klein's reign.  Cathie Black leaves a legacy of hard choices and a tattered reputation....

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