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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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Professional educator defends New York City plan to close more failing schools
By Steve Gunn
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NEW YORK – New York City school officials have announced plans to close another 26 failing schools, bringing the total to 166 during the tenure of Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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Government schools would prosper with more responsible officials like Doug Beaty
By Steve Gunn
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QUEENSBURY, N.Y. – In school districts across America, too many timid school board members tend to sit still, keep quiet and rubber-stamp decisions made by school administrators.
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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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Yonkers union tries to play hardball over teacher evaluations
By Victor Skinner
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YONKERS, N.Y. – Union resistance to improving teacher evaluations in Yonkers schools could cost the district $9.5 million and force hundreds of teacher layoffs.
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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 »
Why Colbert’s inaccurate assessment of education is no laughing matter
By Kyle Olson
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NEW YORK CITY – I like Stephen Colbert. His brand of humor is very funny, and he reminds us how important it is to sometimes laugh at our politicians.
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Weeks after strike, Chicago schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard resigns
By Kyle Olson
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CHICAGO – Just weeks after the city’s first teachers union strike in 25 years, Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard is joining the ranks of the unemployed.
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Unions force school districts to reject merit pay grants
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. – We may never know if performance pay would be effective in New York, Chicago or Milwaukee public schools.
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Teenage board member is fighting to bring efficiency, accountability to N.Y. school district
By Ben Velderman
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SYOSSET, N.Y. – If 18-year-old Joshua Lafazan ends up having a successful political career, Syosset Superintendent Carole Hankin will deserve credit for helping him get started.
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Report: Most N.Y. teachers are great, even though their students are not learning
By Steve Gunn
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ALBANY, N.Y. – Most New York teachers are doing a great job, according to a new report from the state.
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Longer days, school years key to Tennessee charter school’s impressive record
By Ashleigh Costello
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NASHVILLE — The Nashville Prep charter school only opened its doors in the fall of 2011, but it’s already being honored as the most successful charter school in the state of Tennessee.
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Union tries to protect former official who stole $433,000
By Ben Velderman
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SNOW HILL, Md. – Labor union leaders like to portray themselves as tough-talking, no-nonsense people who stand for the middle-class values of honesty, hard work and fair play.
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Unions use smear tactics to divert attention from N.Y. teacher molestation scandal
By Steve Gunn
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NEW YORK – If you’re going to criticize teachers unions, you’d better make sure you (or your family or business associates) have no skeletons in the closet.
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Wyoming not getting much return on big education ‘investment’
By Steve Gunn
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CHEYENNE, Wyoming – The unions keep saying schools need more tax dollars to be successful. But mounting evidence suggests otherwise.
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N.Y. Supreme Court sides with unions over children
By Ben Velderman
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NEW YORK – Inept, ineffective and indifferent teachers of New York, rejoice. A State Supreme Court judge has ruled that your right to perpetual employment trumps a child’s right to a decent education.
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Are public schools a bigger threat to black community than the KKK?
By Ben Velderman
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NEW YORK – A trio of African-American journalists agree: the teacher union-controlled public school system poses a greater threat to the black community than the Ku Klux Klan.
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Why bother releasing nameless teacher evaluations?
By Victor Skinner
EAGnews.org
ALBANY, NY – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing legislation to limit the disclosure of teacher evaluations to the public, but the bill probably won’t become law this session.
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Another New York City teacher charged with molestation
By Steve Gunn
EAGnews.org
NEW YORK – Perhaps the New York state legislature should postpone summer recess, lengthen its session and pass a new “dirty teacher” bill, so that public schools can spend the next few months weeding out dangerous educators before classes begiun in the fall.
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