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Report: Systemic flaws in CTE could jeopardize expansion plans
GothamSchools
Jan 30Before enacting ambitious plans to expand Career and Technical Education offering in schools, the city should invest more in the struggling programs that already exist, a report by the public advocate Bill de Blasio’s office argues. The report, release... »
Principal under scrutiny steps down as closure plan proceeds
GothamSchools
Jan 26Teacher Damaris Mercado speaks at the closure hearing for Jane Addams High School Jan. 25. The city’s bid to close Jane Addams High School for Academic Careers will proceed without the principal who helmed the school during its recent slide. Department... »
Under Cuomo’s heavy hand, talks resume on city teacher evals
GothamSchools
Jan 26The tense standoff between the city and the teachers union appears to be thawing in response to pressure from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has stepped forward in recent days to demand resolution to the conflict. A United Federation of Teachers spokesman conf... »
Closure meetings underway at schools slated for “turnaround”
GothamSchools
Jan 24Posters from past student theater performances adorned the walls of Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School's auditorium, where parents gathered Monday for a meeting on school turnaround. The city has started running through its closure protocol at dozen... »
UFT’s new TV ad buy takes aim at Bloomberg’s schools record
GothamSchools
Jan 24The United Federation of Teachers is turning up the heat on Mayor Bloomberg with a new television ad marking mayoral control’s double-digit birthday. In a separate ad appearing in print today, the union is also continuing its appeal to parents in the o... »
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The not-so-big, not-so-bad GOP
Queens Crap
Jan 31From the NY Post:So now the entire Republican caucus in New York City government could stand in the same bathtub. Their leader, Jimmy Oddo of Staten Island, sounds like one of those admirable folks you read about who are fighting a very forthright, opt... »
We Know Liu is Covering Up . . . But Where is the Shame?
ChangeNYC.org
Jan 19Truman Said the Buck Stops With Him Is Liu Saying Nobody is Responsible? The Daily News is unsatisfied with John Liu’s explanation for his failure to disclose campaign bundlers, who raised a quarter of his reported donations last year John Liu Has Fai... »
Jumaane D. Williams: My Response to the State of the City
HuffPost New York Blogs
Jan 15A central part of Mayor Bloomberg's speech was on education, an issue where I feel he has largely come up short. »
Cuomo Spox: Intervention Not The Answer
Capital Tonight
Jan 06After Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said he would like to see Gov. Andrew Cuomo get involved in the ongoing dispute between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the United Federation of Teachers over how to evaluate teachers, the Cuomo administration is batti... »
How incompetent is this?
Queens Crap
Jan 01From CBS New York:Hundreds of millions of dollars set aside to help fund city schools is simply sitting on the table unclaimed. School administrators say they don’t have the manpower to fill out the paperwork necessary to get it.City school administrat... »