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Appellate Division Second Department Decision in Capece v Schultz: Lisa...
Chapter Leaders are given the burden of providing information to principals who do not want it, making them (the Chapter Leaders) open for abuse, discontinuance, or 3020-a.Lisa Capece lost her...
View ArticleLenny Isenberg on Diane Ravitch's Rhetoric
Will the Real Professor Diane Ravitch Please Stand Up? Perdaily: Professor Diane Ravitch has become a G-d to her undiscerning and often cultish followers. What most of these people choose to see is her...
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From DTOE: The Substantiated Misconduct of Arisleyda Urena, Former Principal...
The post below is from the blog "Don't Tread on Educators": Arisleyda Ureña, former Director of School Quality and Founding PrincipalMs. Arisleyda Urena Arisleyda Ureña has been on radar of DTOE since...
View ArticleThe New Termination - Oops, "Evaluation" - Program of the UFT/DOE: The Peer...
Subject: Peer Validator ProgramDear Teacher,Based on current records of your 2013-14 overall Annual Professional Performance Review rating, you will be assigned a Peer Validator during school year...
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Retaliation and Harassment by a Principal: Lisa Capece Case
I have posted Lisa Capece's long journey through the Courts of NY before (see below) and I am now posting another 2009 decision by Judge Minardo, 2009.Probationary Teacher Lisa Capece Wins Her Case...
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How Do You Test For Art - What is the Right Way To Create or Design?
Art Portfolio as A.P. TestBy DANIEL GRANTOCT. 31, 2014LINK A.P. COURSE: Studio Art, 3-D DesignPORTFOLIO SECTION: "Concentration" (sustained investigation)SECTION SCORE: 6SCORE RATIONALE: Cohesive while...
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Great Neck Teacher Sheri Lederman Sues For Getting A Rating of "Ineffective"
Valarie StraussAnswer SheetHigh-achieving teacher sues state over evaluation labeling her ‘ineffective’By Valerie Strauss October 31 Sheri G. Lederman has been teaching for 17 years as a fourth-grade...
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ADVOCATZ Collaborates With 2014 Super Lawyers at Stagg, Terenzi, Confusione...
I am so happy to have one of the attorneys we work with on 3020-a Arbitration hearings, Ms. Debra Wabnik, awarded her second "Super Lawyer" Award. ADVOCATZ provides a thorough, collaborative defense...
View ArticleDr. Patsy Perkins Wins Her U-Rating Appeal To The Supreme Court (April, 2014)
PERKINS v. NYC DEPT. OF EDUC.110148/1143 Misc.3d 903 (2014),984 N.Y.S.2d 8642014 NY Slip Op 24121PATSY PERKINS, Petitioner, v. NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Respondent. Supreme Court, New...
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How To Deal With Feedback
SmartblogLeadership, Voice of the EducatorPractice what you preachBy Naphtali Hoff on November 6th, 2014 | Comment on this post As a teacher, you are used to giving lots of feedback. Returned tests and...
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The Silence of Teachers Must Stop
Franchesca Warren Become a fanEmail LINKThe Deafening Silence of TeachersPosted: 04/16/2014 10:18 am EDT Updated: 06/16/2014 5:59 am EDT As Americans we have always been taught that one of the...
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KIPP Hides Problem Kids
KIPPKIPP Puts Up to 30 Problem Students in Empty Basement When Visitors Are in the BuildingLINKYou have heard about KIPP's padded cells for kindergartners and KIPP school leaders putting garbage cans...
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UFT Retiree Pay Will Be Paid Says Arbitrator Martin Scheinman
UFT President Mike Mulgrew and Mayor Bill De BlasioAfter flood of teacher retirements, UFT and city settle dispute over backpayLINK by Geoff Decker and Sarah Darville on November 17, 2014 8:00...
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Another Princpal Who Should Not Be Working At A Public School: David Fanning,...
From EdNotesOnline:Exposing A. Philip Randolph High School Hack Principal David FanningHappy teachers make for happy students and a safe teaching environment makes for a safe learning environment. It...
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Chancellor Carmen Farina Says Charter Schools Push Low-Performing Kids Out To...
Of course they do! Education is not a right, it is a business.Kids are routinely pushed, or parents are told that their children must be placed into alternative testing classes "for their own good"....
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New York State Education Department's Test Security Unit
From Betsy Combier:And are they investigating principals who scrub and cheat?Just askin'New York Unit Focuses on Cheating by TeachersThirty-two Teachers and Administrators Settled Cases of Alleged...
View ArticleTeacher Competence and Student Assessment
When teachers are charged with 3020-a, the DOE Attorney fights to keep the Respondents' students' grades out of the hearing as "irrelevant". As a fighter for the defense of teacher tenure and...
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Community Schools Start in New York City
Ok, I'm giving Carmen some points. I agree that the idea of keeping families happy and together should be a goal of educational institutions. Now let's see how well Carmen implements her plan!If only...
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