UFT Wins Lesson Plan Grievance
UFT Wins Lesson Plan Grievance Just in: The UFT has announced that an independent arbitrator has ruled in the lesson plan grievance. Administrators can no longer mandate the content of a lesson plan. Listen to this post! Please share! From the UFT: In a resounding win for teacher professionalism and teacher voice, an arbitrator has […]
Letter From a Principal about Testing
A letter from a Principal about Testing (on Teacher Appreciation Day) This letter about testing was sent from a Principal in NYC to the staff in the school. We’ve reprinted the letter in its entirety. Listen to this post! Dear Colleagues, We are full swing into testing season. We have managed to survive the NYS […]
NYC Principal Addresses Testing
NYC Principal Addresses Testing: Liz Phillips, Principal at PS 321, addresses testing. Sign up for our Weekly Email For Email Marketing you can trust Share this!
Math Doesn’t Need to be Relevant
Math Doesn’t Need to be Relevant Listen to this post! I recently read two things that really struck me in the conversation about the practical applicability of learning. Here’s Gary Rubinstein, a math teacher in NYC describing a presentation he did at a math teacher’s conference. “The idea was that math doesn’t always have to […]
Mayor’s Cup Chess Tournament
2014 Mayor’s Cup Chess Tournament Congratulations to PS 160 in Brooklyn! Listen to this post! On Saturday May 3, 2014, twenty eight students from PS 160 went to PS 11 to attend the Mayor’s Cup Chess Tournament. The students, who have been trained by Yury Lapshun (an international chess master working for Chess-in-the-Schools), have been […]
Common Core Debate Video
Common Core Debate Video There’s a very nice, evenhanded discussion of some of the big issues in educational policy at blogging heads TV. Here’s the link http://bloggingheads.tv/videos/25921 Our two panelists like the common core as an approach to curriculum. They particularly like the rigor of the common core. However, there are many questions about the […]
Teacher Evaluation that makes sense
Teacher Evaluation that makes sense by Jared Gellert Great teachers make a difference. Lousy teachers also make a difference. The better the teacher body, the better for the kids. These are obvious points. But how to determine who is good and who is lousy and should no longer be a teacher is a serious point […]
Suffolk Administration Certification Instructor DeLuca
Dr. Deborah De Luca teaches in our Administration Certification program with the college of St. Rose, and is the Assistant Superintendent for the Rocky Point School District. Dr. Deborah De Luca has taught for CITE, and The College of St. Rose, for more than 6 years. She teaches EDA 505 ~ Introduction to Education Leadership and […]
