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Scores rise at "Do Not Apply" school - your reaction?

Back in March, I added PS/MS4 (Crotona Park West) to the Do Not Apply list. The principal was autocratic, mean-spirited, bossy, quick to dock pay, to give U-ratings… And the response was immedia… more →

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Scores rise at "Do Not Apply" school - your reaction? — 3 comments

jd2718 wrote 2 days ago: Back in March, I added PS/MS4 (Crotona Park West) to the Do Not Apply list. The principal was autocr … more →

Tags: Bronx, NY, Do Not Apply, Elementary School, New York, New York City, New York City Department of Education, NYC, NYCDOE, Testing

School reopens — 2 comments

limelighten wrote 5 days ago: School just reopened. Having the luxury of time to sleep as long as I like during the holidays, I ca … more →

Tags: School, Funny

S. Lewis Johnson — 1 comment

Benjamin P. Glaser wrote 5 days ago: Probably the best thing about the internet for me has been the availability of previously unknown te … more →

Tags: 5-Point Calvinism, John Calvin, Preaching, S Lewis Johnson, Sermons, Systematic Theology

Reaching Fellows (reprint) — 1 comment

jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: This was originally published in June of 2008. Some things have changed: the number of NYC Teaching … more →

Tags: New York, New York City, New York City Department of Education, NYC, NYCDOE, Teachers, UFT, United Federation of Teachers, NYC Teaching Fellows

The End? — 3 comments

jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: June 26, 2009. The last day for teachers. This has been one long damned year. The agreement to trade … more →

Tags: Bronx, NY, math education, Math Teachers, Teachers, Teachers Unions, Travel, School Scheduling, Summer Vacation, teacher organizing

Vote no on pension de-equalization; stand up for new hires — 18 comments

jd2718 wrote 1 week ago: Dear colleagues, I am writing to let you know that the UFT today concluded negotiations on an agreem … more →

Tags: New York, New York City, New York City Department of Education, NYC, NYCDOE, Teacher pay, Teachers Unions, UFT, United Federation of Teachers

Bronx Science math teachers finally get their day — 5 comments

jd2718 wrote 2 weeks ago: THE BEGINNING OF THE END Publicola (blog reader) For the past week, I have been listening to experts … more →

Tags: Bronx, NY, Do Not Apply, Experienced teachers, New York, New York City, New York City Department of Education, NYC, NYCDOE, Teachers

A great audio addition to your lesson plan — 1 comment

teachersontheweb wrote 1 month ago: To begin using Utterli, go to Utterli.com. You will need to set up an account, using a phone number … more →

Tags: Multimedia Teaching Tools, Audio, Multi-media Lesson plans, Teaching, technology

Commentary: My year-end wish

smithdl wrote 1 month ago: I hate it when teachers talk about the Real World, as if patches of TP stuck to bathroom walls with … more →

Tags: Funny Stories, Life, Stress Management, success story, Teaching, beginning teachers, Derek Smith, first year teachers, Teacher Stories

New England New Teachers' Seminar

Andrew B. Watt wrote 1 month ago: If your school is hiring some new teachers for this fall, you should consider sending them to the Ne … more →

Tags: General, NENTS, Pomfret, Teaching, Learning, Seminar, Events, cais, CPD

Remember all those articles about jobs in teaching? Yeah...not so much...

semiprofessional wrote 1 month ago:     We can now add teachers to the list of professionals who come to New York to try and make it b … more →

Tags: Teaching, new yokr city schools, Education, sucks to be you, Mr. Holland's Opus, The Wire, Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson

Commentary: Take the bathroom pass — 2 comments

smithdl wrote 1 month ago: A few of the awkward, sometimes heavy, substantially germy bathroom passes teachers use to deter stu … more →

Tags: Classroom Management, Funny Stories, Life, Teaching, beginning teachers, Derek Smith, first year teachers, reluctant learners, Teacher Stories

Is your classroom a joyless place? — 1 comment

jd2718 wrote 1 month ago: A 2nd year Bronx elementary school teacher is trying hard, but is concerned by what he sees, includi … more →

Tags: New York City, NYC, Bronx, NY, New York, Teaching, New York City Department of Education, Testing, NYCDOE, Elementary School

How the hell did Fellows get commitments for positions that had not been posted? — 14 comments

jd2718 wrote 1 month ago: You don’t need to read this blog long to know that the two groups of teachers I am most concer … more →

Tags: Experienced teachers, New York, New York City, New York City Department of Education, NYC, NYCDOE, Teachers, UFT, United Federation of Teachers

Lost Causes

smithdl wrote 2 months ago: Chris, one of this year’s Lost Causes (Lost Boys?), turned in a final. It’s a gorgeous c … more →

Tags: Classroom Management, Funny Stories, Life, Stress Management, success story, beginning teachers, Derek Smith, first year teachers, reluctant learners

Third anniversary post — 17 comments

jd2718 wrote 2 months ago: Today is this blog’s third anniversary. Looking back, I started with an idea and a couple of d … more →

Tags: Blogging, UFT, jd2718

Where New Teachers Go

smithdl wrote 2 months ago: New teachers go out in the portables, the moveable classrooms celebrating their 23rd year in the par … more →

Tags: Funny Stories, Life, Stress Management, beginning teachers, Classrooms, Derek Smith, First year teaching, Portables

Saying Goodbye

capitalbside wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday, and indeed today, there are probably some new faces floating about your office. And if yo … more →

Tags: Work, April

Remove Bronx Theatre from Do Not Apply list — 3 comments

jd2718 wrote 3 months ago: A teacher, HB, has written in, challenging Bronx Theatre’s place on the Do Not Apply list. He … more →

Tags: Bronx, NY, Do Not Apply, High School, New York, New York City, New York City Department of Education, NYC, NYCDOE, Teachers


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