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Chancellor Carmen Farina Starts Her Superintendents Scrambling For The "Great...
Carmen Farina leading the packFrom Betsy Combier:Who are the "great people"? I saw Carmen in action at PS 6. We define words differently....I put the health, safety, and welfare of the children first...
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On The United Federation of Teachers Not Defending Members
By Kim JanosTimes Ledger, January 18, 2015Michael Mulgrew, UFT President The United Federation of Teachers has long been perceived as a powerful union in New York City. So, why would so many of its...
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The Slippery Slope of What Defines "Due Process"
From ADVOCATZ President Betsy Combier:In my opinion, when any Attorney yells at a client or "convinces" (forces) a person to give up on going through a 3020-a arbitration because he/she "will be...
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Justin Baeder at Eduleadership Will Teach You How To Get Rid of a "Bad"...
Justin BaederEDULEADERSHIPHow to Keep an Unsatisfactory Teacher Evaluation from FailingLINKMost teacher evaluations—I’ll conservatively say 98%—are “satisfactory” or better. (Here are some numbers from...
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Carmen Farina Builds Her Home Ship: Superintendents Have The Power at the NYC...
Carmen FarinaFury at Fariña’s push for enhanced superintendent powerBy Aaron Short, NY POSTLINKSchools Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced a plan Thursday to restore a centralized system and give more...
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NY State Governor Andrew Cuomo: I Will Get Rid of The Teachers In This State
Andrew CuomoAndrew Cuomo to New York State: Your Teachers Stink. I Will Fire Them. I will Break Their Union. Daniel Katz, PhD.LINKThe gauntlet that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York Regents...
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Re-posted From 2013: Chapter Leaders and Freedom of Speech
Chapter Leaders and Freedom of Speech in NYC Public SchoolsLink to US Supreme Court Decisions Involving the First AmendmentPolicy and practice are out of sync and the United Federation of Teachers...
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Martin Scheinman and The Retiree Retro Issue (November 2014)
Martin ScheinmanArbitrator to help resolve retiree retro issueBY DEIDRE MCFADYEN | DECEMBER 4, 2014 NEW YORK TEACHER ISSUELINKA new arbitration decision has cleared a pathway for paying recent retirees...
View ArticleMy Life As a NYC Teacher: Chap. 84: ODD OD
CHAPTER 84: FACULTY ODDDisciplinary MeetingLINKCan the Danielson classroom management rubric be applied by supervisors to teachers?I ask this question because I found myself in the position of putting...
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NYSUT Fights Back Against Cuomo's Attack on Teachers
Misinformed, misguided governor shows his true colorsLINKIf you harbored any doubts whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo disrespects public education, you can set them adrift, light them on fire and push 'em out...
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NYSUT: Teacher Evaluation and Development
Click here: April 2013 New York State Guidance on Annual Professional Performance Review Questions About Student Growth
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FACES: NYC DOE "Gotcha Squad" Attorney Jordana Shenkman
Jordana ShenkmanAttorney at NYC Department of EducationLocationGreater New York City AreaIndustryLaw PracticeNYC Department of EducationBronx County District Attorney's Office, Lansner &...
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Cami Anderson Returns To NYC As Superintendent of District 79 And Starts Her...
Cami Anderson, booed offstage in Washington DC by parents from Newark N.J. who were angry enough to be bussed to Washington DC to rally against her, has made her way back to New York City. She has...
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The Rise in Complaints Against School Employees (That Means Principals, Too)...
When Carl (Campanile, NYPOST) called, I told him what I thought about the rise in complaints against school employees: secret recordings and social media.New York State is a one party state. This means...
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Disgraced Former Principal Elif Gure-Perez Is Appointed Executive Director of...
Ok, I'm stumped. Mayor De Blasio and Chancellor Carmen Farina appoint a person to oversee the State and Federal policies that she was found guilty of violating by a jury in federal court?I think we are...
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FACES: Dr. Timothy F. Lisante, Superintendent of District 79
Riker's Island. The kids incarcerated there are forgotten. Nothing shows the disconnect between the NYC DOE and reality more than the reports of those reporters and people who believe that horror has...
View ArticleEDLAWFAQs: Jose Rodriguez Wins His PERB Complaint (Rodriguez v DOE 2013)
Can a U-rating be reversed when a teacher is disciplined for protected activity?Posted on December 5, 2013LINKYes. The Public Employees’ Fair Employment Act codifies public employee labor relations in...
View ArticleNew York State Education Department's Part 83: Too Arbitrary to Define What...
Teachers As Role Models Teaching Character And Moral Values. But What Are They Teaching?Moral character or character is an evaluation of a particular individual's stable moral qualities. The concept...
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Sheldon Silver and Wife Rosa's Secret Bank Account
Well, everyone knew but no one was talking.Betsy CombierSheldon Silver’s wealth a well-kept secretOutside Sheldon Silver's home in NYC By Danika Fears, NY POST LINKYou’d have never known Shelly Silver...
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Schools With A Majority of African-American Students Are Like Prisons
Why Do Some Schools Feel Like Prisons? Too Much Discipline Hurts Majority-Minority SchoolsBy Samina Hadi-Tabassum, Education WeekLINKWatching the protests and listening to the chants of "Hands up,...
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