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NY State Regents Discuss Overhauling The Teacher Certification Process
Regents discuss revamping New York state teacher certification requirementsNew York may ease the burden on prospective educators by overhauling what critics contend is a difficult and costly teacher...
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Mobbing at the Workplace
When an employee "loses it" at work and decides to get revenge, he/she may gather a group of friends or act alone, but the behavior which occurs is shocking. Most prevalent is a constant belittling,...
View ArticleJim Calantjis on Chancellor Carmen Farina's "Fake News" in the Letter 1/16/17...
Jim Calantjis is a well-known, very respected advocate for teachers for many years. He has the following bio on his excellent blog School Leadership Team Support Center:I am one of the founding members...
View ArticleRetirement After Being Charged With 3020-a Automatically and Permanently...
Wayne Crawford Jefferson sued the NYC Department in Queens Supreme Court to get his teaching license back when his license was permanently taken as a result of his retirement while charged with...
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Outrageous Story From Kansas City: Vatterott College President Brian Carroll...
There are many outrageous stories out there concerning unfairness, workplace bullying and violations of due process as well as simply irrational and inhumane decisions made by administrators.The story...
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The Wide-spread Racial Disparities At the NYC Department of Education and...
The racial disparity between white and non-white students (and see here, here, and here) is visible throughout the New York City Department of Education public school system, and no one is doing...
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Racial Disparities Start in Pre-Kindergarten Says the Century Foundation in a...
Racial segregation in New York City is rampant. In some places you cannot see it immediately, but it is there. Kids who are African-American or Hispanic, kids with parents who do not speak English...
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Hippolito "Polo" Colon: The First and Finest Teacher Advocate/Warrior in New...
Polo Colon at the Panel For Educational Policy 2009 (Norm Scott videographer)Hippolito Polo Colon was one of my closest and dearest friends. From the moment we met in 2004, we were partners in the...
View ArticleNew Job Posted at the NYC Department of Education: Principal Evaluator
Looking for a job with the NYC Department of Education? How about evaluating Principals?Think about it.Betsy Combierbetsy.combier@gmail.comEditor, NYC Rubber Room ReporterEditor,...
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Attorney Michael Francis: Suborning Perjury at 3020-a
Do you believe that people never lie under oath?Sadly, many people in the re-assignment centers or who have been charged and are done with their 3020-a hearing have heard about, or seen directly, the...
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The 2016 "Who Are You Kidding Award" Goes to Carmen Farina (for the Second...
Is anything the Department of Education Chancellor Carmen Farina says or writes, true?De Blasio touts record-high public school graduation rateThe Latest Scandal For Chancellor Carmen Farina: Renewal...
View ArticleWhy Observation Reports Should Not Be Used To Terminate a Tenured Employee by...
re-posted from Parentadvocates.org Betsy Combierbetsy.combier@gmail.comEditor, NYC Rubber Room ReporterEditor, Parentadvocates.orgEditor, New York Court CorruptionEditor, National Public...
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NY City Tenured Teacher and Former Rubber Roomer Philip Nobile Gives Up The...
Philip NobileRe-posted from Parentadvocates.org:This story is true, but unbelievable, that "fighter Phil", a well-known advocate for challenging the New York City Department of Education for every lie...
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NYC Department of Education Human Resources Manager Peter Ianniello Sent 400...
re-posted from Parentadvocates.org:Mr. Ianniello, a cabaret singer wanna be, may pay dearly for his office error., sending out via email 90 pages with the names, social security numbers, and other...
View ArticleHow does your child’s teacher influence academic performance?
by admin | Aug 14, 2012Education is an important tool that can shape an individual and allow creativity, opportunity and growth. As a teacher, it is necessary to motivate students and help them...
View ArticleHilda Gil, Paraprofessional, Loses Her Case to Get Her Job Back Because She...
and Ms. Gil through her Attorney Stewart Karlin did not allege a claim against the union, a necessary party, based on a breach of the duty of fair representation.Betsy...
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UPDATE on NYC DOE HR Manager Peter Ianniello's Worst Mistake Ever - Sending...
Below is the latest email from Peter Ianniello to the 400 paraprofessionals whose identities and private information (social security numbers) were sent out on February 15, 2017 to all 400...
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Townsend Harris High School Principal Rosemarie Jahoda is Cited For Many Acts...
Rosemarie Jahoda has been accused of ruining kids’ chances of attending college by withholding transcripts, ignoring Muslim student leaders and refusing to help disabled students. (NCSSS.ORG)It is time...
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The UFT Financial Affairs Don't Make Sense
UFT President Mike Mulgrew and NYC Mayor Bill de BlasioAnalysis—New York’s Teachers Unions Are Millions in the Red: A Look at the NumbersMike Antonucci, March 1, 2017LINKPublic schools in New York are...
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Random Labels: "Bad" Teacher, "Unsatisfactory Pedagogy"
I am re-posting the article below from my website Parentadvocates.org because Mr. Johnson gives an accurate picture of how random labels such as "bad teacher" and "unsatisfactory pedagogy" are.See...
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