#Looks like NYC is stuck with less-than-stellar teachers

#Looks like NYC is stuck with less-than-stellar teachers

“#Looks like NYC is stuck with less-than-stellar teachers” It looks like the death of the city Department of Education’s Absent Teacher Reserve pool, sometimes called the “rubber room,” was greatly exaggerated, Chalkbeat reports. And now teachers assigned to this pool, including some who really shouldn’t be teaching at all, will be given positions back in…

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#Most Dem voters disapprove DOE cutting academic screening for middle schools

#Most Dem voters disapprove DOE cutting academic screening for middle schools

“#Most Dem voters disapprove DOE cutting academic screening for middle schools” A strong plurality of Democratic voters disapproves of the Department of Education’s decision to scrap academic screening for admission to the city’s middle schools, a poll commissioned by The Post shows. Slightly north of 39 percent of responders liked the policy change. The controversial move,…

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#Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — June 19, 2021” The Issue: Parents in Queens who feel forced to pull their kids out of endlessly failing city public schools. We have tried with no success to improve our public schools for decades — mostly by pouring more and more money into the system (“Demanding Schools That Work,”…

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#NYC DOE is letting parents’ morale plummet

#NYC DOE is letting parents’ morale plummet

“#NYC DOE is letting parents’ morale plummet” Every single child in New York City deserves the opportunity to go to a school where he or she can succeed while feeling supported and safe, but through the years, it has become clear that the Department of Education does not desire for that opportunity to exist for…

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#Troubled NYC school told mom to pull her smart son out

#Troubled NYC school told mom to pull her smart son out

“#Troubled NYC school told mom to pull her smart son out” Find a better school for your son.  That’s the advice defeated teachers at beleaguered PS 147 in Cambria Heights, Queens, gave to mom Keisha Ellis when she asked about improving the 11-year-old boy’s performance.  “It’s frightening to hear that from a teacher talking to…

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#Black parents’ righteous fury at NYC public school failure

#Black parents’ righteous fury at NYC public school failure

“#Black parents’ righteous fury at NYC public school failure” In what could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back, middle-class black families in Queens are mobilizing against the city Department of Education’s routine acceptance of rotten public schools. As The Post’s Georgett Roberts and Selim Algar report, these parents in District 29 aren’t taking…

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#How NYC has failed black public school students in Queens

#How NYC has failed black public school students in Queens

“#How NYC has failed black public school students in Queens” A growing legion of black parents in Queens say the Department of Education has failed their kids through mismanagement and neglect — fueling an exodus out of the public school system. Fed-up families in District 29 — a primarily black area which includes Hollis, Rosedale,…

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#Temperatures reach high 80s in Bronx public school

#Temperatures reach high 80s in Bronx public school

“#Temperatures reach high 80s in Bronx public school” New York City schoolchildren are sweating out another sweltering summer in classrooms without air conditioning. “It’s brutal every year,” said Shawanda Weems, an English teacher at PS/MS 15 in the University Heights section of the Bronx, who recorded indoor temps as high as 88 degrees this week….

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#NYC’s Department of Education is waging war on excellence

#NYC’s Department of Education is waging war on excellence

“#NYC’s Department of Education is waging war on excellence” The surprise move to kill the accelerated math program at Lab Middle School is just the latest gambit in the city Department of Education’s war on excellence. Parents raged over the e-mail from Megan Adams, the school’s principal, baldly announcing the change last weekend. By Friday,…

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