Case Against Reassigned Teacher Was Botched, Post Reports
In the news on Wednesday, the tabloids continue to have a field day with the case of a teacher who has collected his $100,000-a-year salary for a decade while assigned to "rubber room"-type duty.The...
View ArticleChancellor Removes Eight Staffers After Misconduct Review
Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott has fired or removed a total of eight school employees after a recent review of older misconduct cases. The move comes after several school workers were arrested on charges...
View ArticleHow a Photo of Joel Klein Saved a Teacher's Job
During this holiday weekend, The New York Times continued to dig deeper into cases of teachers accused of inappropriate conduct, this time explaining why a music teacher in Washington Heights was able...
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Dear Reformers: Teachers Are Neither Heroes Nor Zeroes
As an argumentative writing challenge, I recently paired students and assigned them a fictional text. They were given the task of composing a persuasive letter to their partner about the main...
View ArticleCity Pushes for More Authority in Sexual Misconduct Cases
The Bloomberg administration is seeking to change state law to give the chancellor, rather than an outside arbitrator, final say on whether a teacher may return to the classroom after he or she has...
View ArticleAs War of Words Continues, Change Not Likely in Teacher Discipline
When Schools Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott stood in front of an elementary school on West 111th Street on Friday and stressed the need for the State Legislature to give him more authority to remove...
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The Battle Over 'Predator Teachers'
Sensational headlines blare that teacher unions “go to bat” for sexual predators. Nothing could be farther from the truth. No one with anything resembling a conscience wants a sexual predator in the...
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