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Posted 01.17.2012
By Jon Schuppe MANHATTAN — Hundreds of city teachers show up at schools they've never seen before every Monday morning.The lucky ones get assign...
Dennis Van Roekel | Posted 02.28.2012
The status quo in public education isn't working. Not for students -- and not for educators. Now, more than ever, our schools need a highly skilled and effective teaching force to guide students in meeting the challenges of the 21st century.
John Merrow | Posted 10.24.2011
As always, remember that John's book The Influence of Teachers is for sale at Amazon. Please imagine this scenario: While walking in the park, yo...
Justin Snider | Posted 05.25.2011
Monday, June 28th, was the final day of the 2009-10 school year in New York City, which means the city's infamous "rubber rooms" also closed their doors. For good.
nytimes.com | JENNIFER MEDINA | Posted 05.25.2011
There were the hugs goodbye, the exchanges of phone numbers and the almost sure to be broken promises of keeping in touch. They packed up their bags o...
Michael Mulgrew | Posted 05.25.2011
In a groundbreaking agreement between the United Federation of Teachers and the Department of Education, we have agreed to shut New York city's rubber rooms down.
AP | KAREN MATTHEWS | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — The city will end the practice of paying teachers to play Scrabble, read or surf the Internet in reassignment centers nicknamed "rubb...
Posted 05.25.2011
UPDATE: In the second sex scandal in as many days, Allison Mussachio, a third teacher at James Madison High School, is reportedly under investigation ...
