Deputy Chancellor Kathleen Grimm Leaves…Finally
Why was someone who closed so many schools, paved theway for Eva Moskowitz to co-locate in our schools and ignore and falsify asbestos contamination in a Staten Island school allowed to stay for a year...
View ArticleNYC Public Advocate Joins in SLT Transparency Issue
One of thereasons this blog even exists is because of the concerns I raised at the IS 49 School Leadership Team (SLT) meetings. Yesterday, January 7, 2014 NYC Public Advocate Letitia James and Class...
View ArticleHarassed Employees Can File a DDC Complaint Against Attorneys Involved in...
Whether harassed NYC DOE employees know it or not, there is at least one attorney assisting in the harassment every step of the way. When administrators are engaged in unethical acts, so are their...
View ArticleNYC DOEs Million Dollar Cover-Up of a Staten Island Principals Theft
With a budget of over $25 billion, an employee roster of over 136,000 and over 1,400 buildings to manage, there is plenty of room for theft and corruption at the New York City Department of Education....
View ArticleNYC Dept. of Education Jails Whistleblower When No Crime Committed
It's hard to believe that a year ago today I was in a jail cell when when DOE Chief Information Officer (CIO) Hal Friedlander made an allegation when no crime was committed. Meanwhile Principal Linda...
View Article“Issues at Your School”– An email no NYC principal wants to receive
Turning the tables. That’s what progressive caucusUFT Solidaritybegan to do when members contact us that theyareunder warrantless attack. For almost a decade NYC DOE administrators had unfettered power...
View ArticleThere is hope in the system – Myra S. Barnes IS 24 Staten Island
Last Friday I finished my “temporary” assignment at Myra S. Barnes Intermediate School 24 in Staten Island, NY. I have been there since January 20, 2015as Iwas originally placed there to cover an Earth...
View ArticleNYC Teachers Should Be Careful Using Betsy Combier as an Advocate
In the education activist arena there are personality conflicts and, unfortunately, there is greed. Enter Elizabeth "Betsy Combier" Kapel stage left. Your misfortune yesterday, is her profit today....
View ArticleHow to Pull Back the Curtain on the NYCDOE Legal Army.
The NYCDOE has a legal army and its reach is deeply entrenched in many school decisions, both big and small. From hiring and firing, to closing schools and approving grievances. You need to know who...
View ArticleHow 30 ATRs Are Fighting for Over 100,000 NYCDOE Employees
It comes down to this… salary matters. Experience not so much. Or at least the DOE's budgeting system discourages the hiring of higher salaried and more experienced staff. Continue reading
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