New York Teacher

February 2, 2012

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Schools with high-needs students most likely to face ax

Ten years into Bloomberg’s education reforms, the New York City school system has come full circle and is now shutting down new high schools at the same rate as old ones. High schools established by Bloomberg represent about 40 percent of all existing high schools and 38 percent of the high schools on the closing list.

UFTers protest mayor’s ‘Decade of Disaster’

Enraged at the mayor’s threat to close 33 “persistently lowest achieving” schools and remove half the staff in each school, more than 1,000 UFT-represented educators descended on a Jan. 18 meeting of the city’s Panel for Educational Policy at Brooklyn Technical HS, disrupting the proceedings with whistles and chants before walking out in protest.

The city can’t get rid of teachers?

With all the mayor’s talk about firing “ineffective” teachers, it seems there must be a big supply of replacements just waiting in the wings, busily perfecting their lesson plans and brushing up on testing metrics. One can only hope so. Because 6,000 teachers and support staff left on their own last year, even more than the year before.

NY Teacher Tabs

Absences

Know your rights | January 19, 2012

Member Assistance Program

Know your benefits | February 2, 2012

Health and Cancer HelpLine, Retiree Social Services

Know your benefits | January 19, 2012

UFT asks PERB to help restart evaluation talks

News stories | January 19, 2012

Mulgrew: Mayor lost in fantasy world

News stories | January 19, 2012

Absences