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 the UFT and New York Education Chancellor Walcott battling again about teacher evaluations Weeks after Gov. Cuomo’s state teacher evaluation deal, the schools chancellor and UFT president exchanged harsh words Tuesday over...
Since becoming Education Chancellor of New York, Walcott has been ruffling feathers and charming skeptics. Today, he announces that he wants lax rules to fire ineffective teachers. Now you should take this with a grain of salt. Most of the times there are teachers who are...
In what seems like a step in the right direction, Walcott has vowed to reduce school principals paperwork. Now one could see this as a cut to the bureaucratic tape, or one could see this as less paperwork to fire a teacher. Who knows. At least there will be less killing...
Walcott took no time to make his presence known at Columbia University's Teachers College. Originally slated for Cathie Black, Walcott took center stage and did not pry away from the tough questions. Walcott commented about how “The poisonous debate is hurting our...
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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