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The UFT filled in state lawmakers about the issues of most importance to New York City educators on Jan. 25, when the union hosted its annual legislative reception at the Corning Tower Observation Deck in the Empire State Plaza in downtown Albany.
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Shimon Waronker, the embattled superintendent of the Hempstead school district, was placed on administrative leave by the district's school board majority — an action, which if it holds up, will ban the former New York City educator from intervening in the operations of Long Island's most troubled school system.
«He understands the tremendous work New York City educators do every day to put our children on the path to success.
Enraged at the mayor's threat to close 33 «persistently lowest achieving» schools and remove half the staff in each school, more than 1,000 UFT - represented educators descended on a Jan. 18 meeting of the city's Panel for Educational Policy at Brooklyn Technical HS, disrupting the proceedings with whistles and chants before walking out in protest.
Educators and parents worked too hard to improve the new school governance law to now see it delayed or not properly implemented, UFT President Michael Mulgrew told a City Council education committee hearing on Sept. 23.
Protests against Gov. Andrew Cuomo's harmful public education agenda peaked in New York City on March 12, when parents, their children and educators joined hands to form a human chain around their buildings before or after classes as if to protect them from the governor's proposals.
Educators and activists on Tuesday called on schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña to protect the city's immigrant public school students in light of President Trump's promises and policies promoting deportations.
Funding for the program, which reimburses educators for out - of - pocket spending on classroom supplies, received a 63.5 percent increase in the final city budget passed on June 6.
This year's push by parents and educators for additional state funding for public schools paid off when the governor and Albany lawmakers on April 1 finalized a new state budget that contained a $ 1.4 billion increase in state education funding, with $ 525 million going to New York City public schools.
Teacher's Choice received a 63.5 percent increase in the final city budget, passed on June 6, bringing funding for the City Council's popular program that reimburses educators for out - of - pocket spending on classroom supplies back up to its pre-recession high of more than $ 20 millcity budget, passed on June 6, bringing funding for the City Council's popular program that reimburses educators for out - of - pocket spending on classroom supplies back up to its pre-recession high of more than $ 20 millCity Council's popular program that reimburses educators for out - of - pocket spending on classroom supplies back up to its pre-recession high of more than $ 20 million.
UFT President Michael Mulgrew joins educators, parents, unionists and elected officials on the steps of City Hall on Sept. 23 in warning against midyear school budget cuts.
Even though the contracts with the city's 300,000 workers, including UFT - represented educators, have all expired, the executive budget that he proposed on May 2 contains no money for back pay.
Educators and parent leaders from Brooklyn's PS / IS 180 and PS 231, the District 75 school with which it shares space, held an early - morning «Black Friday» protest against budget cuts and layoffs on June 17 as part of the ongoing series of «Fight Back Friday» demonstrations at schools around the city.
Given the City Council's history of strong leadership and advocacy on behalf of students and educators, we are especially appreciative of your time and oversight on these matters.
On Saturday, he called the consecutive one - year extensions «no way to treat our children, families and educators,» adding that it was, nevertheless, a «crucial acknowledgment by state lawmakers that the education progress we have made in New York City could not have happened without our accountable control of the school system.»
John Concannon, a retired police captain who has unsuccessfully challenged City Councilman Mark Weprin (D - Oakland Gardens) and state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Bayside), said Cuomo had not pushed to get enough educators with classroom experience on the state Board of Regents or otherwise placed them at the helm of Common Core implementation.
A man may respond more quickly, whereas a woman's arousal may be more like «warm water that slowly is brought to a boil,» says Joy Davidson, PhD, a New York City — based psychologist who's on the board of directors of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists.
«The problem is with telling women that the normal ebbs and flows of their desire or their hormonal state are «dysfunction,»» says Joy Davidson, PhD, a New York City — based psychologist who's on the board of directors of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists.
«Eve was at the top of my list,» says Cavallo, whose organization Alter Projects — which focuses on bridging the gaps among contemporary art communities, the city of Boston, and educators — developed the residency at the request of the museum as a way to incorporate more contemporary art into its exhibits.
«As a former Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, New York City teacher, licensed sea captain, and head educator of an ocean classroom prior to coming to HGSE, Timothy O'Brien is a «stealthy leader» who truly embodies the values, energy, and breadth of the Learning and Teaching (L&T) Program through his focus on student work and professional development of teachers,» says Lecturer Sally Schwager, Learning and Teaching program director.
Speaking to educators gathered in his city on Oct. 23 for a Council of the Great City Schools conference, Mayor Richard M. Daley called the federal school improvement law an «unfunded mandate,» and he urged the group's members to work together to revisecity on Oct. 23 for a Council of the Great City Schools conference, Mayor Richard M. Daley called the federal school improvement law an «unfunded mandate,» and he urged the group's members to work together to reviseCity Schools conference, Mayor Richard M. Daley called the federal school improvement law an «unfunded mandate,» and he urged the group's members to work together to revise it.
The only film that I remember capturing kids and educators in the inner city as effectively was season four of the great TV series The Wire, which focused on a middle school.
Balancing those funder desires, New Visions created a Request for Proposals to all community school districts and high school superintendents in the city, inviting any group of educators to propose a small high school — limited to some 100 students per grade — with a focus on the Bronx, which had the highest concentration of low - performing schools.
A superintendent or chief academic officer can read a Q&A with Kathy Boudett and Liz City on their new book, Meeting Wise, which helps educators make the most productive use of the time they spend in meetings.
City has served as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and consultant, in each role focused on helping all children, and the educators who work with them, realize their full potential.
«It's been really exciting,» says Jasey, one of the educators profiled in Nínive Calegari's new documentary, American Teacher, which premiered in New York City on September 25.
Bending to pressure from several parents» and educators» groups, Mayor Kevin H. White instructed his commissioner of consumer affairs and licensing, Joanne Prevost, to place an immediate moratorium on the licensing of such games while the city ponders a «comprehensive plan» to address the «unregulated proliferation of video games and pinball machines» in Boston.
On one side: the informal network of advocates, philanthropists, educators, and nonprofit organizations that all back higher academic standards, greater accountability, and improved teaching, and who saw the city as a potential proof point for their theories of how to improve student outcomes.
In 2015, Ed School students learned just how influential educators can be to their students when Kelsey Mayabb, a high school cheer squad coach in Kansas City, Missouri, spoke in the Askwith Forum about supporting Landon Patterson, a transgender student on her squad who had to wear the boy's uniform for years before and after she officially transistioned.
Due to her experience testifying and her HGSE coursework — particularly Professor Fernando Reimers» Educational Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship in Comparative Perspective — Cavallo is now focusing her efforts on launching Alter, an organization dedicated to bridging the gaps among contemporary art communities, the city of Boston, and educators.
Drawing on his personal interactions with Community District # 2 in New York City, Elmore promotes the idea that school reform can not be imposed through artificial constructs developed by outside policymakers, but must begin from the inside with a commitment by educators to develop the knowledge, structures, and practices at the heart of instruction.
12 - 14 — Diversity: Summer series, focusing on diversity, sponsored by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, for all educators, to be held in Atlantic City, N.J. Contact: A.S.C.D., 1250 North Pitt St., Alexandria, Va. 22314; (703) 549-9110; fax: (703) 549-3891.
Although 11 educators were convicted of cheating on state tests (and it would likely have been 12 if not for the death of former Superintendent Beverly Hall), the city made remarkable improvements on low - stakes measures of educational progress such as the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
Reports of dismal standardized test scores headline those struggles, which have become the impetus for policymakers bent on reforming education in a city whose educators face many challenges.
City, who joined the HGSE faculty in 2009, has worked as a teacher, instructional coach, principal, and consultant, where she has focused on helping all children and educators who work with them recognize their full potential.
In an initiative now being piloted in six cities across the country, communities are working to redesign their municipal systems and form new citywide partnerships so that everyone — elected officials, nonprofit leaders, healthcare professionals, social workers, parents, business owners, and educators — takes on the responsibility of supporting children and closing the opportunity gap.
Although 11 educators were convicted of cheating on state tests, the city made remarkable improvements on low - stakes measures of educational progress such as NAEP.
Overall, Leading Educators reports, students taught by teams led by Leading Educators fellows achieved five times more improvement on state standardized tests than their district counterparts in Kansas City in 2011 — 12, and 12 times more than their counterparts across the districts they serve in New Orleans.
The project expands on previous Making Learning Visible work, notably in Providence and Boston, that also aimed to help educators and children expand their civic roles, express their views, and engage in the life of their cities.
By all accounts, including their own press release, they fought against an accountability plan developed by a broad - based, bipartisan group of educators and policymakers, and on top of it, wrote the group off as «big city bosses.»
April 25 (New York)-- Educators for Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization, reacts to Mayor Bill de Blasio's announcement of an additional $ 125 million to Fair Student Funding, a formula that distributes money to schools based on student need, funded by both the city and state.
At places like the famed Central Park East Secondary School in Manhattan, Deborah Meier and other progressive educators began to experiment with judging low - income inner - city students on the basis of collections of their best work and oral examinations.
At CEE - Trust we're pretty focused on one central question: How do you create the optimal conditions for great schools and great educators to thrive in cities across the country.
Out of School and Unprepared: The Need to Improve Support for Students with Disabilities Transitioning to Adulthood In March 2011, the ARISE Coalition, a group of parents, educators, advocates and other supporters of students with disabilities coordinated by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), released this policy paper calling on New York City and New York State to follow the law with respect to transition planning and to give post-secondary transition for students with special education needs the same high priority they are beginning to give college and career readiness for other students.
Oklahoma City Public Schools Interim Superintendent Dave Lopez sent this statement on the educators rallying at the State Capitol today:
The impact Baltimore City educators have on children is enormous.
[2] These resources could be spent on teacher training, classroom supplies, or more competitive compensation to bolster the satisfaction and effectiveness of our city's educators.
Armed law enforcement officers are not educators, social workers, or counselors, and overwhelming evidence shows that when schools involve law enforcement in minor, non-violent behavioral infractions, students of color are disproportionately impacted.1 In our 2015 policy paper, Climate Change: Creating Safe, Supportive Schools for All Students, E4E - New York members pointed out that there are more police officers than school counselors in New York City schools and called on the NYC Department of Education to turn this shameful number on its head by increasing the amount of school counselors.
March 24, 2014 (New York)-- The New York City Department of Education should bring teachers back from summer break early for a week of intensive professional development on the Common Core State Standards, according to a report released today by Educators 4 Excellence - NY.
Join parents, students, educators and community members on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, in 20 cities across America in our «walk - ins» to support Sustainable Community Schools.