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Townsend Harris Loses Funding For Their College Bridge Program
Townsend Harris High School in QueensJ.C. RiceLike a huge wave that rises up over the most beautiful sandcastle at the beach and reduces it to a mound of shapeless nothing starting at the top,...
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The Reopening of NYC Schools Requires The Hiring of Competent Project Managers
A few minutes ago Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza isued their school reopening plan:Mayor de Blasio, Carranza roll out NYC school reopening plan for fallSelim Algar and Julia Marsh, NY POST,...
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300 Principals May Retire If The NYC Department of Education Reopening Plan...
Nadia Lopez and Larry LordAngel Chevrestt; Provided Larry Lord, veteran principal of PS 235 in East New York, knows what he is talking about. Lord spent 87 days in the hospital —...
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NYS Association of School Attorneys Answers COVID-19 Questions Related To The...
Outside of New York City, there are several large law firms that are hired by school districts to prosecute employee wrong-doing or defend employees of schools who are sued in their official capacity....
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Arizona Superintendent Jeff Gregorich Speaks Out on His Angst Concerning...
Arizona Superintendent Jeff Gregorich‘I’m sorry, but it’s a fantasy’Washington Post, August 1, 2020“This is my choice, but I’m starting to wish that it wasn’t. I don’t feel qualified. I’ve been a...
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Rich Lowry: Teachers Should Go Back To Their Classrooms
Teachers and their unions have been anything but heroes amid COVID-19By Rich Lowry, NY POST, Aug. 4, 2020No other group has shown as much contempt for its own work during the coronavirus crisis as...
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The NYC Department of Education Has Failed To Timely Protect Students,...
All’s fine! Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio reassure the public as they confirm the first case of Covid-19. (David Dee Delgado / Getty Images)The inconsistent actions to protect...
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UFT Members Demand That UFT President Michael Mulgrew Represent Them Properly...
The coronavirus has added another historical moment to UFT activism. NYC teachers are seeing the disaster that collective bargaining by President Michael Mulgrew and other top people at the teachers'...
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Why The NYC DOE and UFT/NYSUT Cannot Say They Protect Tenure Rights
On December 8, 2016, I wrote and posted on this blog my comments on the Thomas Fordham Institute's article called"Undue Process: Why Bad Teachers in Twenty-Five Diverse Districts Rarely Get Fired"I...
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The Hidden Rubber Rooms of New York City Create a Fiscal Nightmare
Betsy Combierby Betsy CombierIn 2010, the eight warehouses that had the nickname "rubber rooms" were closed due to news reports of hundreds of education personnel sitting in remote places getting paid...
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Alonzo Yanes, Burned at School, Keeps His $60 Million Award While Teacher...
Alonzo Yanes after being set on fireThe picture above of burned student Alonzo Yanes says it all. A science teacher at his school, Beacon High School on Manhattan's West Side, did an experiment that...
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Lawsuits on the Issue of Reopening Schools Pop Up All Over the U.S.
Randi WeingartenThere will be many lawsuits filed in the near future. Many have been filed already, on what teacher unions throughout the U.S. believe are unsafe and politically motivated reopenings of...
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US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Extends School Meals Waivers
Thanks to the criticism of many on all sides of the political spectrum, the USDA has reversed an earlier decision to deny an extension of the school meals program. Now the program ends December 31,...
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Henry Schandel, Principal of MS 158 in Queens NY is Removed From The School
Henry SchandelIt's about time. Read the news about Henry Schandel and wonder why he was principal of MS 158 in Queens for so long. Also shocking was Chancellor Richard Carranza's reaction to the angry...
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NYC School Workers Solidarity Campaign Rejects UFT Deal With NYC Mayor De Blasio
NYC Mayor Bill de BlasioFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 2, 2020 Press Contact: Flynn Murray 505-316-1500 nyctscampaign@gmail.com@nycswsc NYC School Workers Solidarity Campaign Rejects UFT President...
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COVID-19 Fears Bring Mass Teacher Resignations, Student Protests, and...
What happens when schools open and no one shows up?Schools get Federal and State funding based upon the "seat time" of students, i.e, the number of students attending class on a daily basis. For this...
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Radical Leftist Alison Hirsh Hired in June To Work For The NYC DOE Is MIA...
Alison HirshMs. Hirsh, called a "radical leftist" by some media publications, wanted her former boss Mayor de Blasio to condemn the New York City Police Department for their "attacks" on City...
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In NYC, No One Trusts Anyone - Parents, Teachers, and Staff Stay Away From...
NYC Chancellor Richard Carranza, Mayor Bill de Blasio, UFT President Michael MulgrewIn New York City distrust reigns. No one believes anyone anymore.The Mayor, Bill de Blasio, says his wife should get...
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School Law: Schools Are Losing Cases Challenging State Executive Orders
School law examines the contracts, rules, regulations, and laws that control public education. Subject areas may include union collective bargaining agreements, student codes of conduct,...
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MORE: The City Has Failed Us
3 Days Into NYC School Reopening and It’s Clear: Schools Are Not SafePosted bymorecaucusnycSeptember 10, 2020Posted inUncategorizedIn our first 3 days back in the school buildings, NYC schools staff...
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