CSA Member Back Pay
CSA Member Back Pay Listen to this post! The new teacher contract leaves us asking a lot of questions. One of the biggest is this: If an educator moved from a UFT contract to a CSA contract after November 2009, ie: if you moved from teaching, on a teacher’s contract, to an administration position, on […]
UFT Contract Reactions
UFT Contract Reactions “I believe this is a watershed moment for our school system,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. Check your sources! There are a lot of articles flying around. Everyone needs an angle. Let’s step back a minute and realize that. Maybe that list of 8 things from Buzzfeed isn’t the best way […]
No Progress in Test Results
No Progress in Test Results The NAEP results just came out. The huge importance of these tests is that there is no way to prepare for them because they are given only to a small portion of students who are chosen at random. The results also carry no consequence to the schools or the students. […]
UFT Wins Lesson Plan Grievance
UFT Wins Lesson Plan Grievance Just in: The UFT has announced that an independent arbitrator has ruled in the lesson plan grievance. Administrators can no longer mandate the content of a lesson plan. Listen to this post! Please share! From the UFT: In a resounding win for teacher professionalism and teacher voice, an arbitrator has […]
Letter From a Principal about Testing
A letter from a Principal about Testing (on Teacher Appreciation Day) This letter about testing was sent from a Principal in NYC to the staff in the school. We’ve reprinted the letter in its entirety. Listen to this post! Dear Colleagues, We are full swing into testing season. We have managed to survive the NYS […]
NYC Principal Addresses Testing
NYC Principal Addresses Testing: Liz Phillips, Principal at PS 321, addresses testing. Sign up for our Weekly Email For Email Marketing you can trust Share this!
School Counselor Hiring Freeze Lifted!
School Counselor Hiring Freeze Lifted! Listen to this post! Chancellor Farina addressed Principals this past weekend. Among her announcements: The School Counselor hiring freeze is lifted. Chancellor Farina gave her thoughts about addressing the “needs of the whole child.” She said that it was important to serve students’ emotional well being. Share this! This […]
Schools Are Not Businesses
Schools are not Businesses (and Kids Are Not Blueberries) I’m a sucker for a great story, and here’s one I want to share. (from Diane Ravitch’s Reign of Error, pp. 300-301) Listen to this story! A businessman named Jamie Vollmer was known for producing superpremium blueberry ice cream utilizing nothing but the best ingredients. He […]
