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Burying The Evidence: StudentsFirstNY Says Data From 2015-2016 on Teacher...
What is the real story? I think it is that no one is accurately reporting on why NY State does not get it right on evaluating teachers.The evaluation process is way out of sync with a teacher's actual...
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Another Principal is Busted in a Grade-Inflation Probe: Sara Belcher-Barnes
Are there any principals in New York City who can say he/she did not change a grade on students' transcripts? See the story of former DeWitt Clinton Principal Santiago Taveras. He was guilty of...
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Defining the Limits of 3020-a Arbitration and Pursuing Litigation After...
Lillie LeonWhat is a fact about 3020-a arbitration is that anyone charged and going to a full hearing has a period of self-doubt, anger, and emotional distress. In most of the cases I have studied over...
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NYC Department of Education Admits That More Than 48,000 Students With...
As a very successful Parent Advocate, I see kids in the NYC Department of Education pushed out, neglected, and denied a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) all the time, and it is so unfair to...
View ArticleSubstitute Custodian Stephen Ferraro Loses His ADA Case Against the Ramapo...
From NYC Rubber Room Reporter Editor Betsy Combier:If a case is filed with a claim against a school district citing NYSHRL, remember that there is a one-year statute of limitations in New York...
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Employment Opportunity: NYC Department of Investigation First Deputy...
Don't miss this new opportunity to work for the Special Commissioner of Investigation (SCI), so that you can investigate the horrible crimes of education personnel!Lesley Brovner, First Deputy...
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Renewal Schools Program is in Shambles, Many Will Close or Merge With Other...
Carmen Farina and Bill de BlasioTo me, Carmen and Bill don't look embarrassed at all that their big new reform strategy, the Renewal Schools, is now in shambles. Many teachers are on their way to the...
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Carmen Farina, NYC Chancellor, is Retiring - For the Third Time
Carmen FarinaNYC's "favorite" grandmother, a person who I've seen shred another person so quickly if you blink it's already done, is "retiring" again, for the third time. She is a backstabber who...
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At 3020-a, The Defense Must Be That Inactive Students are Engaged
Teachers in New York City are being brought up on charges because their students are not yelling out answers, raising their hands, and therefore are not "engaged" according to the very misunderstood...
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The NYC Department of Education Failed To Place ATRs as Planned
Aixa RodriguezThe New York City Department of Education is an institution trying to move forward without a strategy or the necessary information to reach set goals successfully. And, no one wants to...
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Teacher Deyshia Hargrave is a National Heroine After She is Arrested For...
In Louisiana and the world, teacher Deyshia Hargrave is a heroine. She bravely stood up at the school board meeting for her district and asked Superintendent Jerome Puyau why he got a raise while she...
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New York City Hopes That NYC Chancellor Carmen Farina Retires...
Carmen FarinaFrom Editor Betsy Combier:The Carmen Farina I know is far worse than the person described in the media.In the article written by Susan Oschorn below, you can read "...her leadership a...
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Pension Payment Data Show The Underhanded Way That The NYC Department of...
I am always very happy when a hard-working public servant finishes up a 30+year career with a great pension. Kudos to them. But I have a problem with the manner in which the NYC Department of Education...
View ArticleFrancesco Portelos and Attorney Bryan Glass Lose Their Case at the Court of...
Francesco Portelos lost at trial his Federal Lawsuit against Linda Hill. And Francesco Portelos' attorney Bryan Glass has had a particularly bad couple of weeks, losing now three Court of Appeals...
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When Does Holding Teachers Accountable Go Too Far?By DAVID LEONHARDTSEPT. 1, 2010Continue reading the main storyShare This PageShareTweetPinEmailMoreThe start of the school year brings another one of...
View ArticleCourt of Appeals For the Second Circuit Rules That Teacher Peter Cohn Did Not...
The issue of freedom of speech by a public employee is an important one. As seen below, the speech of a teacher who reports to a principal and/or other education policymakers what seems to be improper...
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Luckisha Amankwah and Her Tale of Retaliation After She Refuses To Lie About...
This is a sad story about how the NYC Department of Education attacks those employees who will not play along to get along, or to get paid.Luckisha Amankwah, a former Assistant Principal at the Office...
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NYC Principals Run Amok Because There is No Accountability Within the NYC...
It seems that every day there is another Superintendent or Principal stealing money, lying about something, harming kids, etc. The list is long.In my opinion the real story is that the New York City...
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NYC School District 27 Fights To Keep PS/MS 42 in Averne, Queens, Open
KEEP PS/MS 42Q OPENPETITION TO KEEP PS/MS 42 OPENWe respectfully submit to the PEP our petition to reconsider the closing of PS/MS 42Q in Arverne, Queens. WE MUST NOT BE CLOSED!PS/MS 42Q has served the...
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NYC Chancellor Carmen Farina Visits PS/MS 42 To Push Her Closing The School,...
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña (at far left) was on hand at PS/MS 42 to share her vision for replacementschools being proposed at the site. Photo by Ralph ManciniThe picture above shows a Carmen...
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