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.

Sunday, December 5, 2010

A Look Back: Andrew Wolf On "Banana King Bloomberg", 2008, And "The Fix Is In", 2010

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One of the best journalists around, in my opinion, is Andrew Wolf of the  New York Sun . He seems to always hit the nail right on the head a...
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Laurence Tribe, US Department of Justice Senior Counsel, Speaks About The Disintegration of Justice In America

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U.S. Department of Justice challenges state Chief Justices to fix access to justice systemic deficiencies LINK On July 26, 2010, Laurence...
Saturday, December 4, 2010

New York State Education Officials Are Sued For Giving Cathie Black A Waiver; ATRs Are In Danger

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Praises go to Park Slope parent Eric J. Snyder for suing the State education officials who okay'd the waiver for Cathie Black against th...
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Andrew Wolf On The Two-Headed Monster Black-Polokow-Suransky,

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A Chimera Emerges at the Helm of New York Schools; Two-Headed Monster Is Apt Metaphor for New Arrangement By ANDREW WOLF, Special to the S...
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Detroit Schools In A Death Spiral

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Detroit schools in final death spiral? Susan Ohanian web site Detroit is dying a death of a thousand cuts. Still, the cuts add up and w...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

NYC's New Chancellor And Joel Klein's Legacy

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What a mess Betsy CEO takes aim at NYC schools LINK Bill Linville and Philip Tremblay, teachers in New York City, look at the new bo...
Saturday, November 27, 2010

Unsealing A Criminal Court Record For 3020-a Hearing Is Not Allowed

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Arbitrator Howard Edelman has ordered that a teacher brought to a 3020-a Hearing before him must submit the testimony given in a criminal pr...
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NY Daily News: Mayor Bloomberg Was "Pigheaded" When Naming Cathie Black As Chancellor

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  Pigheaded Mayor Bloomberg made ill-informed choice when naming Cathie Black as schools chancellor Adam Lisberg LINK Cathie Black an...
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UFT Resolution In Support of the Black Appointment

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UFT Resolution Calls for New Schools Chancellor Process Billy Wharton, NY Eaminer LINK The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is treadi...

NY State Ed Commissioner Caves In To NYC Mayor Bloomberg And Says OK To Chancellor Cathie Black

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In what may be the single most outrageous opposition to public demand seen in recent United States history, New York State Department of Edu...
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