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, March 29, 2014

CRAIN'S Attacks the Absent Teacher Reserve Pool

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Oh boy, did Crain's article on the "Rubber Room" rub me the wrong way. Rance (Crain) did not pursue good journalism in the ...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Mayor Blaz: We Will Hire "Good" Teachers

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The bizarre debate continues on "Who is a good teacher". In NYC, a "good" teacher is a person who lies, cheats and steal...
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Sunday, March 23, 2014

Mayor Blaz Must Define What the "Public Interest" Is When He Deals With Union Contract Negotiations

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The answer is, "who's paying?" I hear that there is a 2% raise for 10 years and no retroactive pay on the table. Betsy Co...
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NYC Students' Suicides Shock The City and Must Bring Change In Dealing With Troubled Youth

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Kids are in pain. In New York City's public schools, the way the Department of Education deals with kids in pain is to punish them. And,...
Saturday, March 22, 2014

Probationary Teacher Loses U-Rating Appeal (2010)

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The First Department does not agree that a probationary teacher may sue under Section 1983 and "Stigma Plus" claims in order to ov...

Eva Moskowitz' Charter School Empire Throws Special Needs Students Out, Tapes Reveal

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I still have a question which no one has ever answered. When my youngest daughter was at NEST+M on Houston Street, we heard that Eva Moskowi...

Cindy Mauro and Alini Brito Get Their Jobs Back, Rules Appeals Court

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James Madison High School Cindy Mauro (left) and Alini Brito (right)   Court Orders City to Rehire Teachers in Misconduct Case By...
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