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NEW YORK – Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been tough with New York City and has been insisting the city implements a meaningful teacher eavluation system.
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Nearly 80 percent of NYC graduates require remedial college courses
By Ashleigh Costello
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NEW YORK – A startling new statistic says nearly 80 percent of New York City high school graduates who enrolled at City University community colleges last year were forced to take remedial courses.
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$1 million later: Teacher spends one year in classroom, 13 years in rubber room
NEW YORK – Remember, it’s for the children.
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New York bus strike continues, leaving more than 100,000 kids without a ride
By Ben Velderman
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NEW YORK – New York City’s school bus drivers’ strike is in its second day, and there’s no end in sight.
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New York City students are consistently absent one day per week
By Trevor TenBrink
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NEW YORK – Students at several schools in New York City are averaging one absence per week.
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Bill Ayers: Leftist can use schools to promote their radical agenda
By Kyle Olson
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NEW YORK – Terrorist turned teacher Bill Ayers appeared at a recent Big Apple gathering of “Change the Stakes,” an anti-testing group comprised mostly of teachers and parents. At least two employees of the New York City Board of Education were there as well.
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Union stubbornness on evaluations could cost New York schools $250 million
By Ben Velderman
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NEW YORK – It may be the Christmas season, but “peace on Earth and goodwill toward men” isn’t evident yet in the New York City school system.
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Klein, Weingarten agree: teaching profession needs a bar exam
By Victor Skinner
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – When former New York City schools Chancellor Joel Klein and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten agree on anything, it’s worth close examination.
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Union teacher issues a threat to a proposed New York charter school
By Steve Gunn
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NEW YORK – How low will union teachers go to interfere with school choice? Read More »
Study shows Long Island teachers getting raises for taking useless college courses
By Steve Gunn
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NEW YORK – Teacher professional development is expensive for public schools. In many states, laws require teachers to continue to take college graduate classes and earn at least a master’s degree within a certain number of years. Read More »
NYC newspaper takes teachers union boss Michael Mulgrew to task
By Victor Skinner
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NEW YORK CITY – New York City’s top teacher union official is a double-talking, disingenuous manipulator.
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Is Bloomberg pushing morning-after pill on students because of pervy teachers?
By Victor Skinner
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NEW YORK – New York City is handing out morning-after pills like candy to girls as young as 14 in dozens of high schools, according to recent media reports.
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Romney wants to ban teacher union political contributions
By Ben Velderman
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NEW YORK – Try to imagine this scenario: A week before Major League Baseball begins its playoff season, the baseball commissioner announces that the umpires for each game will be chosen by the home team.
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N.Y. schools upgrade curriculum, but teaching standards remain the same
By Steve Gunn
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NEW YORK – The school year has started in New York City under a different set of standards.
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Unions have become immune to the will of their members
By Ben Velderman
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Labor unions claim to represent the best interests of the “little guy,” but they’re among the least democratic institutions in the country.
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New York reform efforts stuck in the mud without union cooperation
By Steve Gunn
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NEW YORK – The New York state Department of Education says there are 221 poorly performing schools in the state that must drastically improve within the next three years or risk being shut down.
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NYC union kills another year without teacher evaluation reform
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
NEW YORK CITY – Despite all of the talk of getting rid of the bad apples in New York City’s classrooms, the latest teacher evaluation overview shows little progress.
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Manhattan teacher convicted for forging jury duty letter
By Victor Skinner
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NEW YORK CITY – Even Jesus couldn’t save New York City teacher Mona Lisa Tello from the long arm of the law.
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Study: Black students who use vouchers more likely to go to college
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
NEW YORK – School voucher programs are apparently worthwhile for African-American students.
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Louisiana teacher says some parents aren’t smart enough to make school choice decisions
By Victor Skinner
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BATON ROUGE, La. – Some education professionals simply can’t handle the idea of parents having a voice in their child’s education.
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