Alleged Threats Against Chance...
In the wake of non-specific alleged threats targeting Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza, which the Department of Education is...
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Reader Blames NYSUT For Family...
The best performance I ever saw of Oscar Wilde’s play “The Importance of Being Earnest” featured a cast of student...
read moreThe Protecting the Right to Or...
One of the most pro-labor bills in decades was passed by the House of Representatives last week, but was instantly slapped down by...
read moreLollipops Will Stop The Violen...
Hank Schandel, the principal of MS158Q, has been much in the news in recent weeks. First, for suggesting students should decide for...
read moreBreaking Up Student Fights
When should teachers intervene to break up fights between students? After reading skewered accounts of instances when teachers...
read moreBloomberg in Iowa
The rules have been changed to allow former Mayor Bloomberg to participate in the next Democrat presidential debate. It came...
read moreCoronavirus Virus School Proto...
It’s commendable when parents take their children’s education seriously and send them to school even when their kids...
read moreDress Codes
So which is it: fluff, smoke and mirrors, a red herring or an urgent assertion of human rights? The latest topic bedevilling...
read moreCarranza In Bayside
One of the key components of schools Chancellor Carranza’s philosophy, which he has infused into Department of Education...
read moreFBI/ Academic Fraud Investigat...
The FBI is reportedly investigating allegations of grade-fixing, cheating, potential academic fraud, complicity and wider corruption...
read moreBedlam and Hope
Bail reform is a bold and righteous idea. It is driven by a sound and morally-binding concept. But to a degree it has...
read moreReflection on Dr. Martin Luthe...
“Thank you, Martin!” An acquaintance of mine said that on Dr. Martin Luther King Day last week. I thought he was...
read moreTeachers Choice
Teachers Choice, a program that annually reimburses teachers up to $250 and other educational titles lesser amounts for classroom...
read moreHate Crimes/ Hate Speech
The Department of Education has rapidly responded to the latest wave of hate speech. Next year they will roll out a syllabus designed...
read moreSupervisors and Student Discip...
Teachers and school principals are natural adversaries but that does not mean they must be antagonists. A healthy dynamic tension is...
read moreVictory Against Unlawful Retal...
Francesco Portelos is a whistle-blower against whom a war of retaliation lasting several years was waged. It cost him his position in...
read moreThe US Census: Meaning, Mobili...
The year of the first US census, Mozart was in his last full year of life and Marie Antoinette still had her head. Now it’s...
read morePrincipal Abolishes Deadlines ...
Just before winter break, I almost needed the Heimlich Maneuver when I almost choked. Food was not involved. Instead it...
read moreMemorial to a Former Colleague...
During the vacation just ended, I lost a dear friend and former teaching colleague named Lenora. She was a fine educator in every...
read moreHoliday Greeting Etiquette
A retired New York City public school teacher who writes letters to community newspapers that are published almost weekly, currently...
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