Topics ranged from the use of standardized testing and school co-location, to school closures and the recent gridlock between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and
the UFT over teacher evaluations.
Not exact matches
Talks
over the
evaluations broke down in the city last month when Department of Education officials refused to consider the
UFT's insistence that
teachers who receive poor ratings be allowed to appeal them to an independent arbitrator.
The Shorr, Johnson and Magnus Strategic Media - produced ad comes as the mayor and
UFT continue to spar
over a new
teacher evaluation system, which will eventually be used in
teacher firing decisions.
The state's Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) has decided to grant the
UFT's request for the appointment of a mediator to help break the impasse between the union and the Department of Education
over teacher evaluations in 33 schools.