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, February 12, 2011

Education Reform Now, or ERN, With Chairman Joel Klein of the NY POST, Advocates An End To "LIFO"

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I remember Joe when he worked for the Daily News, and refused to do stories on the disaster we now know as the Mike Bloomberg/Joel Klein pub...
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Deny Waiver Coalition Files An Appeal Of The Dismissal Of Their Lawsuit Against NYC DOE Chief, Cathie Black

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The uproar about Cathie Black's appointment as schools CEO is not, actually, about her - it's about the public dislike, frustration,...
Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Disband The Panel For Educational Policy

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Yes!!!!! Senator Tony Avella, at the Panel For Educational Policy (PEP) meeting last week, says it is time for a revolution. NYC must end ...
Monday, February 7, 2011

Michael Winerip in the NY Times: As Far as Changing the Script On Closing Schools, Forget It

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Cathie Black February 4, 2011 In Panel’s Votes to Close Low-Performing Schools, Rage and Foregone Decisions By MICHAEL WINERIP, NY TIM...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

Steve Ostrin And The NYC Rubber Room Scam

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The Story of Steve Ostrin And The Violation Of His Due Process Rights By The NYC Department of Education , the UFT, and NYSUT by Betsy Com...
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Saturday, January 29, 2011

Report: Education Interrupted: The Growing Use of Suspensions in New York City’s Public Schools (2011)

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From Betsy Combier: More than six years ago a parent friend of mine asked me to help her son, a middle school hispanic boy with an Individ...
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Racism Spurs The Placing Of The Millenium Brooklyn School Into The John Jay Campus, says Activists

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Brown v The Board of Education ended segregation in America's public schools, right? Not in New York City. The way the New York City ...
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