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.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

UFT, NYSUT Fight to Keep Tenure in New York State Supreme Court

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How I wish the UFT and NYSUT meant what they said today: “For the past 10 years, teachers have been demonized across the country,” he sai...

California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Streamlines Teacher Misconduct Investigations

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Here in NYC, the Department of Education took care of speedy investigations many years ago - really, how long does it take to make up false ...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

Its A Fact: Attaching High Stakes To Standardized Tests Decreases Whatever Validity The Tests Might Have

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An Update On High Stakes Test Cheating Stories POSTED BY   DAVID SAFIER   ON   FRI, AUG 21, 2015   AT   5:00 PM LINK Arizona is g...

Former NYC Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott Is Appointed a Monitor For the East Ramapo School District

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Dennis Walcott DOE Appoints Dennis Walcott to Lead Monitor Team in East Ramapo Baruch Horowitz The new monitor for the East Ramapo...

"Persistently Dangerous" is a Label no Principal Wants, and All Hide

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What Principals and the Office of Special Investigations do when there is a violent incident involving students, is file a report that makes...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Therapist Debra Fisher Gets Her Name Cleared and Her Absurd Punishment For Helping a Student, Reversed

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 Debra Fisher's punishment for helping a student was outrageous. Luckily, the public was able to force the New York City Department of...
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