NYC Rubber Room Reporter and ATR CONNECT

A close-up look at NYC education policy, politics,and the people who have been, are now, or will be affected by these actions and programs. ATR CONNECT assists individuals who suddenly find themselves in the ATR ("Absent Teacher Reserve") pool and are the "new" rubber roomers, people who have been re-assigned from their life and career. A "Rubber Room" is not a place, but a process.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Young v Old Teachers In New York City

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Aside from the fact that in my mind making a policy that "old" teachers must be replaced by "young" teachers is discrimi...

The Charter v Public School Debate is All About Money, Transparency, and Accountability

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April 23, 2010 For School Company, Issues of Money and Control By STEPHANIE STROM,NY TIMES When the energy executive Dennis Bakke retired w...
Monday, April 19, 2010

A Core Issue: Teaching Experience - Does It Matter?

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Diana Senechal writes in Gotham Schools that experience counts in any discussion of teacher effectiveness. Why Teaching Experience Matters b...
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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Florida Passes Teacher Merit-Pay Bill

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Is this a sign of something coming to New York? Teachers and other opponents of the merit pay legislation protest in a walk from Lee Middle ...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

In Chicago, The "Excellence In Teaching Program" Is Tested

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Katie Loveland, a fifth-grade teacher at the George B. Swift Specialty School, took a one-on-one approach in explaining fractions. The issue...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Two ComData Consulting, Inc. Employees Are Charged With Violations of the H1-B Visa Program

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Teachers with H1-B visas should be careful. Feds Struggle with H-1B Case LINK A court finds federal investigators acted recklessly in the a...
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Monday, April 5, 2010

UFT And NAACP Sue The NYC BOE For Voting To Close 19 Schools, And Win

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The UFT and NAACP sued the NYC BOE for closing 19 schools without adequate community input, and New York State Supreme Court Judge Lobis agr...

CHAIRGATE: New York State Wants To Buy New Furniture With Race To The Top Funds

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An executive seat that may be similar to the chairs coveted by New York State officials This story, revealed by NY POST reporter Yoav Gonan ...
Saturday, April 3, 2010

NYC Education Officials Lie, Says Diana Ravich

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I have posted before, and will again, comments on the pseudo-educational public school system that we have right now in New York City. This ...
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