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Working hard — but not on what matters

How teachers spend their working time is a good indicator of the school system’s priorities. And the clear “winner” in consuming teacher time is, unfortunately, paperwork.

Getting off the ATR merry-go-round

With Chancellor Fariña’s announcement that the DOE plans to give us regular assignments, we are finishing our long run as teachers in the ATR pool.

Genesis of exodus

As the UFT announcement about losing teachers to the suburbs on March 12 shows, it’s too bad the city doesn’t care about retaining teachers.

The price of teaching

Since our students no longer get things like workbooks, I spend my money on ink, paper, markers, crayons, tape, glue, construction paper, pens and pencils.

Charter ads’ claims outrageous

These commercials accusing Mayor de Blasio of closing a charter school are outrageous.

High stakes for Common Core doesn’t hold water

The bill introduced in Albany [“Bill seeks 2-year moratorium on using Common Core tests,” March 6] at the very least should be passed.

Supporting mayor’s co-location decisions

It makes me proud to see that people are coming out to fight for their children, students and schools alongside Mayor de Blasio, who vetoed nine of 49 pending co-locations on Feb. 27 [see “Harlem school inhabitants agree: Get your own school!” on...

Hurt schools, help rich people

A new proposal making its way through the state Legislature is a thinly veiled voucher program that would use taxpayer money to fund religious and other private schools in New York City and across the state.